Family ·Drama · Soviet Union · 1980 · 1h 34m

The Useless Girl

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Director

Cast

Olga Mashnaya as Anya Mikhail Gluzskiy as Savva Timofeevich Melnikov, "warlock" Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Marina Mariya Vinogradova as Tihonsha Aleksandr Demyanenko as Anya's stepfather Valeriy Priyomykhov as frontier guard

Crew

Nikolai Pokoptsev — Director of Photography Tamara Lipartiya — Editor Valeriy Priyomykhov — Writer

Synopsis

A teenage girl considered by everybody as "difficult" is sent to the village to live with her grandfather.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Dinara Asanova Director Nikolai Pokoptsev Director of Photography Tamara Lipartiya Editor Valeriy Priyomykhov Writer

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