Vassa Zheleznova (1953)
- Original title
- Васса Железнова
- Directed by
- Leonid Lukov
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A wealthy Russian family matriarch fights to control her business and household. Her relatives scheme and conflict over money and power.
intensefamily dramadarkpower strugglesmelodramaticdatedtheatricalsomber
What happens
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 at the same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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