Vassa Zheleznova (film)

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Vassa Zheleznova
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Directed by Leonid Lukov
Written by Maxim Gorky(play)
Cinematography Vladimir Rapoport
Music by Lev Shvarts
Production
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Release date
  • 19 November 1953 (1953-11-19)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

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.

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  1. Rollberg p.455

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