Mother Mary (1983 film)

1983 Soviet film

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 (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

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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

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* 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

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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.

## External links

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* Mother Mary at IMDb

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