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Maschenka (1987)

Maschenka poster
Directed by
John Goldschmidt
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, Finland
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Russian emigre in 1920s Berlin becomes obsessed with a woman from his past. He tries to reconnect with her even though she is married to another man.

melancholicnostalgicromanticslow-burnbittersweetreflectiveelegiacdreamlike

What happens

Maschenka (Russian: Машенька, Mashen'ka; English: Mary) is a 1987 international film adaptation of the debut novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first published under his pen name V. Sirin in 1926. The film was directed by John Goldschmidt from a screenplay by John Mortimer and stars Cary Elwes as Ganin and Irina Brook as Maschenka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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