Vassa
Film poster
Directed by	Gleb Panfilov
Written by	Maxim Gorky Gleb Panfilov
Starring	Inna Churikova
Cinematography	Leonid Kalashnikov
Release date	July 1983 (1983-07)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Vassa (Russian: Васса) is a 1983 Soviet drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It is based on Maxim Gorky's 1910 play Vassa Zheleznova. Vassa won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.^[1] The film was also selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

Plot

The film tells the story of a merchant family's decline. Vassa Zheleznova for many years works as head of her family business and in spite of her mischief-making children, dissolute husband, an alcoholic brother and anarchist sister-in-law, tries to maintain a semblance of a normal family. The year 1913 arrives and all of what her life is dedicated to becomes shattered.

Cast

• Inna Churikova as Vassa Zheleznova
• Vadim Medvedev as Husband
• Nikolai Skorobogatov as Brother
• Valentina Telichkina as Servant
• Olga Mashnaya as Daughter
• Yana Poplavskaya as Daughter
• Valentina Yakunina as Daughter-in-law
• Vyacheslav Bogachyov as Son
• Ivan Panfilov as Grandson (as Vanya Panfilov)
• Albert Filozov as Melnikov