Drama · Soviet Union · 1983 · 2h 18m

Vassa

Васса

Vassa poster
Director
Gleb Panfilov
Cast
Inna Churikova as Vassa Vadim Medvedev as Sergei Petrovich Nikolai Skorobogatov as Prokhor Borisovich Olga Mashnaya as Natalya Yana Poplavskaya as Lyudmila Valentina Yakunina as Rachelle
Crew
Leonid Kalashnikov — Director of Photography Polina Skachkova — Editor Vadim Bibergan — Original Music Composer Gleb Panfilov — Writer Nikolay Dvigubskiy — Production Design Natalya Ivanova — Costume Design
Synopsis

Screen adaptation of the play by Maxim Gorky "Vassa Zheleznova". Saga of the death of a merchant family. For many years, Vassa Zheleznova has been leading the family business and, despite the inconspicuous children, her dissolute husband, alcoholic brother, and revolutionary daughter-in-law, is trying to maintain at least the appearance of a normal family... 1913 is coming, and everything that was dedicated to her life is wrecked.

Mood & Themes
leechbased on play or musicaldysfunctional familywealthyclass differencesaristocracyrich familymatriarch
Key Collaborators
Gleb Panfilov Director Leonid Kalashnikov Director of Photography Polina Skachkova Editor Vadim Bibergan Original Music Composer Gleb Panfilov Writer Nikolay Dvigubskiy Production Design Natalya Ivanova Costume Design
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