Olesya (film)

Olesya
Olesya
Directed by	Boris Ivchenko
Written by	Vasily Dulgerov; Aleksandr Kuprin
Produced by	Tatyana Kulchitskaya
Starring	Lyudmila Chursina
Cinematography	Nikolai Kulchitsky
Edited by	Tatyana Sivchikova
Music by	Volodymyr Huba
Production; company	Dovzhenko Film Studios
Release date	December 15, 1971;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	USSR
Language	Russian

Olesya (Russian: Олеся) is a 1971 drama film directed by Boris Ivchenko based on a screenplay by Vasily Dulgerov. Adapted from the Aleksandr Kuprin homonymous novel.^[1]

Plot[]

Wandering through the forest, Ivan finds on the edge of the swamp dilapidated hut. There lives an old woman with a beautiful granddaughter Olesya. Many years ago, the peasants, considering the woman a witch, burned their house, and it burned the daughter of an old woman. The girl was very interested in Ivan Timofeyevich and soon, conquered by the power of feelings, openness and purity of her soul, he falls in love with Olesya. However, Olesya foresees a quick separation.

Cast[]

Lyudmila Chursina as Olesya
as Ivan Timofeyevich
Boryslav Brondukov as Yarmola
as Dmitro
Maria Kapnist as Manuylikha, Olesya's grandmother
Vladimir Volkov as Yevtikhiy Petrovich
Boris Aleksandrov as Selyanin (as B. Aleksandrov)
Fyodor Gladkov
Anatoliy Ivanov

Release[]

Boris Ivchenko's film takes the 616th place in the list of the highest-grossing films of the Soviet film distribution. It was watched by 25,1 million viewers.^[2]