''Olesya'' (russian: Олеся) is a

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Boris Ivchenko Boris Ivchenko ( uk, Бори́с Ві́кторович І́вченко; russian: Борис Викторович Ивченко) was a Ukrainian actor and film director. He was the son of another Ukrainian and Soviet film director, Viktor Ivchenk ...

based on a screenplay by Vasily Dulgerov. Adapted from the

Aleksandr Kuprin Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (russian: link=no, Александр Иванович Куприн; – 25 August 1938) was a Russian literature, Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (Kuprin novel), ''The Duel'' (1905)Kuprin sc ...

's 1898 homonymous novel.

Plot

Wandering through the forest, Ivan Timofeyevich finds a dilapidated hut on the edge of the swamp. There lives an old woman with her beautiful granddaughter Olesya. Many years prior, the local peasants, considering the woman a witch, burned down her house, killing her daughter. Olesya is fascinated by Ivan, who is in turn conquered by the power of the girl's feelings, by her openness and the purity of her soul. Eventually, he falls in love with Olesya. However, she foresees a quick separation.

Cast

Lyudmila Chursina Lyudmila Alexeyevna Chursina (Russian: Людми́ла Алексе́евна Чурсина́; born 20 July 1941) is a Soviet and Russian film actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1962. In 1981 she was a m ...

as Olesya *

Gennady Voropayev Gennady ( rus, Геннадий, p=ɡʲɪˈnadʲɪj), also spelled Gennadi or Gennadiy, is a Russian male name. They are derived from the Greek given name Gennadius. People *Gennady Gladkov, Soviet and Russian composer * Gennady Golovkin, Kazakh b ...

as Ivan Timofeyevich *

Boryslav Brondukov Boryslav Mykolayovych Brondukov ( uk, Борислáв Миколáйович Брондукóв; russian: Борислав Николаевич Брондуков; 1 March 1938 – 10 March 2004) was a Ukrainian film character actor, People's Ar ...

as Yarmola *

Anatoly Barchuk Anatoly (russian: Анато́лий, Anatólij , uk, Анато́лій, Anatólij ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian male given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'', meaning "sunrise." Other common Russian transliterations are Ana ...

as Dmitro *

Maria Kapnist Maria Rostyslavivna Kapnist ( uk, Марі́я Ростисла́вівна Капні́ст), née Marietta Rostyslavivna Kapnist-Sirko (9 (22) March 1913 – 25 October 1993, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian actress, Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR ...

as Manuylikha, Olesya's grandmother *

Vladimir Volkov Vladimir Volkov ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Волков; born 6 June 1986) is a retired professional footballer. Born in Serbia, Volkov represented Montenegro internationally. Club career Early career Born in Serbian capital Belgrade,

as Yevtikhiy Petrovich * Boris Aleksandrov as Selyanin (as B. Aleksandrov) *

Yuri Gavrilyuk Yuri may refer to: People and fictional characters Given name *Yuri (Slavic name), the Slavic masculine form of the given name George, including a list of people with the given name Yuri, Yury, etc. *Yuri (Japanese name), also Yūri, feminine Jap ...

* Fyodor Gladkov * Anatoliy Ivanov

Release

Boris Ivchenko's film takes the 616th place in the list of the highest-grossing films of the Soviet film distribution. It was watched by 25,1 million viewers.СССР: Самые кассовые фильмы
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* Soviet drama films 1971 drama films Dovzhenko Film Studios films Adaptations of works by Aleksandr Kuprin Films set in Russia {{1970s-USSR-film-stub

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