Vassa (film) explained

Vassa
Director:Gleb Panfilov
Starring:Inna Churikova
Cinematography:Leonid Kalashnikov
Runtime:140 minutes
Country:Soviet Union
Language:Russian

Vassa (Russian: Васса) is a 1983 Soviet drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It is based on Maxim Gorky's 1910 play Vassa Zheleznova. Vassa won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] The film was also selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

Plot

The film tells the story of a merchant family's decline. Vassa Zheleznova for many years works as head of her family business and in spite of her mischief-making children, dissolute husband, an alcoholic brother and anarchist sister-in-law, tries to maintain a semblance of a normal family. The year 1913 arrives and all of what her life is dedicated to becomes shattered.

Cast

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983) . 30 January 2013 . MIFF . https://web.archive.org/web/20131107141111/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1983 . 7 November 2013 . dead .
  2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences