Mother Mary (film)

Mother Mary
Directed by Sergey Kolosov
Written by Sergey Kolosov
Yelena Mikulina
Starring Lyudmila Kasatkina
Leonid Markov
Music by Alexey Rybnikov
Cinematography Valentin Zheleznyakov
Release dates
  • 1983 (1983)
Country URSS
Language Russian

Mother Mary (Russian: Мать Мария, translit. 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 he 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

References

  1. Ann C. Paietta. 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 (205). p. 15.

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