Vassa Zheleznova (film)

Vassa Zheleznova
Directed by	Leonid Lukov
Written by	Maxim Gorky(play)
Cinematography	Vladimir Rapoport
Music by	Lev Shvarts
Production company	Gorky Film Studios
Release date	19 November 1953
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Vassa Zheleznova or The Mistress is a 1953 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Lukov and starring Vera Pashennaya, Mikhail Zharov and Nikolai Shamin. It is based on Maxim Gorky's 1910 play Vassa Zheleznova. Lukov also directed another Gorky adaptation Barbarians the same year.

Cast

• Vera Pashennaya as Vassa Zheleznova
• Mikhail Zharov as Prokhor Khrapov
• Nikolai Shamin as Sergei Zheleznov
• Valentina Yevstratova as Natalya
• Yekaterina Yelanskaya as Lyudmila
• Elizaveta Solodova as Rashel
• Varvara Obukhova as Secretary Anna Onoshenkova
• Leonid Titov
• Prov Sadovsky as Yevgeni Melnikov
• Konstantin Svetlov
• Gennadiy Sergeev
• Aleksandra Antonova as Maid Liza
• Elena Kuznetsova as Maid Polya

Bibliography

• Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

• Vassa Zheleznova at IMDb