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Vassa (1983)

2h 18m

Running Time

September 12, 1983
Release Date

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Vassa (1983)

2h 18m

Running Time

September 12, 1983
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Inna Churikova

Vassa

Vadim Medvedev

Sergei Petrovich

Nikolai Skorobogatov

Prokhor Borisovich

Vadim Mikhaylov

Sergey Zheleznov - muzh Vassy

Olga Mashnaya

Natalya

Yana Poplavskaya

Lyudmila

Valentina Yakunina

Rachelle

Ivan Panfilov

Kolya

Valentina Telichkina

Anna Onoshenkova

Vyacheslav Bogachyov

Pyatyorkin

Albert Filozov

Melnikov

Vsevolod Sobolev

Guriy Lvovich Krotkikh

Tatyana Kravchenko

Liza

Tatyana Stepanova

Polina

Valery Dudukin

Ananiy Vasilievich Chizhov

Gleb Pisarev

Sergei Vasilievich

Leonid Pleshakov

Yevlampiy Silych

Vadim Shilov

Priest

Gleb Panfilov

Director / Writer

Leonid Kalashnikov

Director of Photography

Maxim Gorky

Writer

Nikolay Dvigubskiy

Production Design

Polina Skachkova

Editor

Natalya Ivanova

Costume Design

Vadim Bibergan

Original Music Composer

Aleksandr Khasin

Sound

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Details.

Release Date
September 12, 1983

Original Name
Васса

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 18m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-09

This Movie Is About.

leech

dysfunctional family

based on play or musical

wealthy

class differences

aristocracy

rich family

matriarch

Wiki.

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. 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.

The film tells the story of how a ruthless matriarch struggles to protect her family's legacy and reputation amidst betrayal, scandal, and her own impending demise in pre-revolutionary Russia.