Asya (film)

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Asya
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Russian: Ася
Directed byIosif Kheifits
Written by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byRaisa Izakson
Music byOleg Karavaychuk
Production
company
Release date
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 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
  • as N.N.
  • as episode
  • 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]

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