Mother Mary (1983 film)

Mother Mary
Mother Mary
Directed by	Sergey Kolosov
Written by	Sergey Kolosov ; Yelena Mikulina
Starring	Lyudmila Kasatkina ; Leonid Markov
Cinematography	Valentin Zheleznyakov
Music by	Alexey Rybnikov
Release date	1983;
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Mother Mary (Russian: Мать Мария, romanized: Mat' Mariya) is a 1983 Soviet biopic written and directed by Sergey Kolosov and starring Lyudmila Kasatkina. It is loosely based on real life events of poet Maria Skobtsova.^[1] It was entered into the main competition at the 40th edition of the Venice Film Festival.^[2]

Plot

The film tells the story of a bright and tragic fate of the Russian poet Elizaveta Yurevna Kuzmina-Karavayeva, in 1920 she emigrated to France and became a nun under the name of Mary. The shelter-based support it found many disadvantaged Soviet emigres. During the Second World War, Maria has become one of the heroines of the French Resistance.

Cast

Lyudmila Kasatkina as Elizaveta Yurievna Kuzmina-Karavayeva
Leonid Markov as Daniel Skobtsov
Igor Gorbachyov as Bunakov-Fondaminsky
Veronika Polonskaya as Sofia Pylenko
Yevgeniya Khanayeva as Madame Langeais
Vaclav Dvorzhetsky as Nicolaevsky
Alexander Timoshkin as Jura
Natalya Bondarchuk as Nina
Alexander Lebedev as Anatoly

References

^ Ann C. Paietta (July 2005). Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895-2003. McFarland, 2005. ISBN 9780786421862.
^ Stefano Reggiani (31 August 1983). "Venezia: e il festival va". La Stampa. No. 205. p. 15.

External links

Mother Mary at IMDb

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[1] Ann C. Paietta (July 2005). Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895-2003. McFarland, 2005. ISBN 9780786421862.

[2] Stefano Reggiani (31 August 1983). "Venezia: e il festival va". La Stampa. No. 205. p. 15.

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