Asya (film)

Asya
Russian: Ася
Directed byIosif Kheifits
Written by
Starring
CinematographyGenrikh Marandzhyan
Edited byRaisa Izakson
Music byOleg Karavaychuk
Production
company
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
98 min.
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Asya (Russian: Ася) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits.[1][2][3] It is an adaptation of the 1857 novella Asya by Ivan Turgenev.

Plot

The film is set on the banks of the Rhine. The protagonist N.N. is a strange girl named Asya, who has an extraordinary power of love.[4]

Cast

  • Elena Koreneva as Asya[5]
  • Igor Kostolevsky as Gagin
  • Vyacheslav Yezepov as N.N.
  • Gertrud Brendler as episode
  • Kirill Gun as cashier at the shipping company
  • Yuri Medvedev as russian man in a German restaurant

Production

Andrei Mironov auditioned for the role of Gagin.[4]

Awards

Prizes for Best Actress (Elena Koreneva) Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland, 1976), at the Taormina Film Fest (Italy, 1978),[6] and International Film Festival in Cobourg (France, 1977).[7]

References