Asya (film)

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.

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

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
  1. Исторический музей объявил конкурс рисунков и видеороликов, посвященных Ивану Тургеневу
  2. "«Тургенев на экране» на ЛенДоке". Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  3. В Петербурге открылся фестиваль кинодебютов «Начало»
  4. Ася // КиноПоиск
  5. Asya (1978) Full Cast / Crew
  6. Taormina International Film Festival on IMDb
  7. Asya at the kino-teatr.ru
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