Vassa

1983•2h 18m•

★6.3(19 ratings)

Drama

Overview

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.

Director

Gleb Panfilov

Writers

Gleb Panfilov

Watchlist

Main Cast

Inna Churikova

Vassa

Vadim Medvedev

Sergei Petrovich

Nikolai Skorobogatov

Prokhor Borisovich

Olga Mashnaya

Natalya

Yana Poplavskaya

Lyudmila

Vassa

1983•2h 18m•

★6.3(19 ratings)

Drama

Overview

Director

Gleb Panfilov

Writers

Gleb Panfilov

Watchlist

Main Cast

Inna Churikova

Vassa

Vadim Medvedev

Sergei Petrovich

Nikolai Skorobogatov

Prokhor Borisovich

Olga Mashnaya

Natalya

Yana Poplavskaya

Lyudmila

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Gleb Panfilov

Writing

Writer: Gleb Panfilov
Theatre Play: Maxim Gorky

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Vadim Bibergan
Sound: Aleksandr Khasin

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Leonid Kalashnikov

Editing

Editor: Polina Skachkova

Art Direction

Production Design: Nikolay Dvigubskiy

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Natalya Ivanova

Did You Know?

The original title is "Васса" (RU).

The runtime is 138 minutes (2h 18m).

The film was directed by Gleb Panfilov.

The screenplay was written by Gleb Panfilov.

The score was composed by Vadim Bibergan.

Cinematography was handled by Leonid Kalashnikov.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0086527.

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Rating

6.3/10

Average

19 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Васса

Status:

Released

Language:

Pусский

Country of Origin:

Soviet Union

Production Companies:

Lenfilm

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Vassa

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Inna Churikova

Vadim Medvedev

Nikolai Skorobogatov

Olga Mashnaya

Yana Poplavskaya

Vassa

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Inna Churikova

Vadim Medvedev

Nikolai Skorobogatov

Olga Mashnaya

Yana Poplavskaya

Valentina Yakunina

Ivan Panfilov

Valentina Telichkina

Vyacheslav Bogachyov

Albert Filozov

Vsevolod Sobolev

Tatyana Kravchenko

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