Vassa (1983)

Original title

Васса

Directed by

Gleb Panfilov

Genre

drama film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

2h 20m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy matriarch fights to hold her family together and preserve their social standing as scandals and betrayals threaten them. She faces her own mortality in pre-revolutionary Russia.

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What happens

Vassa (Russian: Васса) is a 1983 Soviet drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It is based on Maxim Gorky's 1910 play Vassa Zheleznova. Vassa won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film tells the story of how a ruthless matriarch struggles to protect her family's legacy and reputation amidst betrayal, scandal, and her own impending demise in pre-revolutionary Russia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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