''Mother Mary'' (russian: Мать Мария, Mat' Mariya) is a 1983 Soviet

biopic A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...

written and directed by Sergey Kolosov and starring

Lyudmila Kasatkina Lyudmila Ivanovna Kasatkina (russian: Людмила Ивановна Касаткина; 15 May 192522 February 2012) was a Soviet and Russian actress who starred in a string of war-related films directed by her husband Sergey Kolosov.

. It is loosely based on real life events of poet

Maria Skobtsova Maria Skobtsova (20 Old_Calendar.html"_;"title="_Old_Calendar">_Old_CalendarDecember_1891_–_31_March_1945),_known_as_Mother_Maria_(russian:_Мать_Мария),_Saint_Mary_(or_Mother_Maria)_of_Paris,_born_Elizaveta_Yurievna_Pilenko_(),_Kuz ...

. It was entered into the main competition at the 40th edition of the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

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

as Elizaveta Yurievna Kuzmina-Karavayeva *

Leonid Markov Leonid Vasilyevich Markov (russian: Леонид Васильевич Марков; 13 December 1927 – 1 March 1991) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1985). Biography Markov was born in the villa ...

as Daniel Skobtsov *

Igor Gorbachyov Igor Olegovich Gorbachyov (russian: И́горь Оле́гович Горбачёв; 1927–2003) was a Soviet and Russian actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1972). Hero of Socialist Labour (1987). Biography Ear ...

as Bunakov-Fondaminsky * Veronika Polonskaya as Sofia Pylenko *

Yevgeniya Khanayeva Yevgeniya Nikandrovna Khanayeva (russian: Евге́ния Ника́ндровна Хана́ева; January 2, 1921 – November 8, 1987) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1987). Biography She was ...

as Madame Langeais * Vaclav Dvorzhetsky as Nicolaevsky * Alexander Timoshkin as Jura *

Natalya Bondarchuk Natalya Sergeyevna Bondarchuk (russian: Наталья Серге́евна Бондарчук) (born 10 May 1950) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian actress and film director, best known for her appearance in Andrei Tarkovsky's ''Solaris (1972 ...

as Nina *

Alexander Lebedev Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev ( rus, Александр Евгеньевич Лебедев, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf; born 16 December 1959) is a Russian businessman, and has been referred to as one of t ...

as Anatoly

References

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* 1980s biographical drama films Soviet biographical drama films Russian biographical drama films 1980s Russian-language films Films directed by Sergey Kolosov 1983 drama films 1983 films Films about the French Resistance Films about nuns Films set in 1920 1980s Soviet films Films scored by Alexey Rybnikov {{bio-film-stub