The heroine of the film, Mrs. Gurmyzhskaya, is a former beauty who is living out her days in a remote province. Her nephew, a high school dropout, comes to visit her at her estate, and the hostess, out of boredom, decides to have an affair with him... He willingly responds to his rich aunt's advances. Based on a play by A. N. Ostrovsky.
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Cast
8 people
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Known for
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Boris Plotnikov
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The Ascent
Heart of a Dog
Vyacheslav Kirilichev
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Stanislav Sadalskiy
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Elena Borzova
Also in
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Mikhail Pugovkin
Known for
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
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Aleksandr Solovyov
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Kira Krejlis-Petrova
Also in
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Russian Symphony
Vladimir Motyl Director · Alexander Ostrovsky Author Aleksandr Zhurbin Composer
First release December 31, 1980 · Produced in Russia · Original title Лес
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Лес
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 31, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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