Olesya (film)

Olesya
Directed byBoris Ivchenko
Written byVasily Dulgerov
Aleksandr Kuprin
Produced byTatyana Kulchitskaya
StarringLyudmila Chursina
CinematographyNikolai Kulchitsky
Edited byTatyana Sivchikova
Music byVolodymyr Huba
Production
company
Release date
  • December 15, 1971 (1971-12-15)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUSSR
LanguageRussian

Olesya (Russian: Олеся) is a 1971 drama film directed by Boris Ivchenko based on a screenplay by Vasily Dulgerov. Adapted from the Aleksandr Kuprin's 1898 homonymous novel.[1]

Plot

Wandering through the forest, Ivan Timofeyevich finds a dilapidated hut on the edge of the swamp. There lives an old woman with her beautiful granddaughter Olesya. Many years prior, the local peasants, considering the woman a witch, burned down her house, killing her daughter. Olesya is fascinated by Ivan, who is in turn conquered by the power of the girl's feelings, by her openness and the purity of her soul. Eventually, he falls in love with Olesya. However, she foresees a quick separation.

Cast

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Раззаков, Федор (2017-09-05). Гибель советского кино. Тайна закулисной войны. 1973-1991 (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-457-02172-3.
  2. ^ СССР: Самые кассовые фильмы