The tragedy of a talented and strong woman who built the well-being of her family on blood and blood. And well-being turned out to be just as false and ghostly.
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Cast
21 people
Vera Pashennaya
Also in
The Idiot
Polikushka
Mikhail Zharov
Known for
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Chess Fever
Vladimir Berenstein
Leonid Lukov
Maxim Gorky
Vladimir Rapoport
Nikolai Shamin
Also in
Michurin
Moscow Skies
Leo Schwartz
Valentina Evstratova
Also in
Vanity Fair
Humiliated and Insulted
Ekaterina Elanskaya
Valentina Yevstratova
Natalya
Elizaveta Solodova
Known for
The Cold Summer of 1953
Leonid Lukov Director · Maxim Gorky Author Lev Shvarts Composer
United States release May 29, 1954 · Produced in Russia · Original title Васса Железнова
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Васса Железнова
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · November 18, 1953
Theatrical
United States · May 29, 1954
Finland
August 27, 1954
Hungary
September 2, 1954
Russia
November 19, 1953
XC
October 31, 1954 · TV · ČST
November 5, 1954 · Theatrical
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