Vassa Zheleznova (film) explained

Vassa Zheleznova
Music:	Lev Shvarts
Cinematography:	Vladimir Rapoport
Studio:	Gorky Film Studios
Runtime:	110 minutes
Country:	Soviet Union
Language:	Russian

Vassa Zheleznova or The Mistress is a 1953 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Lukov and starring Vera Pashennaya, Mikhail Zharov and Nikolai Shamin.^[1] It is based on Maxim Gorky's 1910 play Vassa Zheleznova. Lukov also directed another Gorky adaptation Barbarians at the same year.

Cast

• Vera Pashennaya as Vassa Zheleznova
• Mikhail Zharov as Prokhor Khrapov
• Nikolai Shamin as Sergei Zheleznov
• Valentina Yevstratova as Natalya
• Yekaterina Yelanskaya as Lyudmila
• Elizaveta Solodova as Rashel
• Varvara Obukhova as Secretary Anna Onoshenkova
• Leonid Titov
• Prov Sadovsky as Yevgeni Melnikov
  • • Konstantin Svetlov Gennadiy Sergeev Aleksandra Antonova as Maid Liza
• Elena Kuznetsova as Maid Polya

References

1. Rollberg p.455

Bibliography

• Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.