Directed by Gennadi Kazansky Production
company Lenfilm Studio Director Gennadi Kazansky Screenplay Alexander Ostrovsky | Cinematography Aleksandr Ksenofontov Release date 1953 (1953) Running time 2h 59m Production company Lenfilm | |
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Written by Aleksandr Ostrovskiy (play) Starring Gennadiy Michurin
Anna Belousova
Tamara Alyoshina
Aleksandr Borisov
Konstantin Kalinis Cast Aleksandr Borisov, Gennadiy Michurin Similar Mussorgsky, Old Khottabych, The Snow Queen, Rimsky‑Korsakov, Amphibian Man | ||
An Ardent Heart (Russian: Горячее сердце, Goryachee serdtse) is a 1953 Soviet drama film directed by Gennadi Kazansky and starring Gennadiy Michurin, Anna Belousova and Tamara Alyoshina. It is based on the play An Ardent Heart by Aleksandr Ostrovskiy. It was made by Lenfilm Studio.
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The famous merchant Kuroslepov wastes his life binge drinking. The home is run by his wife Matrona, an overbearing and immoral woman who spends her husband's money, has an affair with the bailiff and strongly oppresses Parasha, Kuroslepov's daughter from his first marriage. The plot develops around the loss of a large sum of money. Parasha's groom Vasya gets accused of stealing and is threatened with being sent to serve in the army. The unfortunate young woman desperately prays for her man. The cowardly and prudent Vasya agrees to become a clown of the merchant Khlynov, who buys him off from conscription. Realizing the nullity of her beloved, Parasha finds happiness with a clerk Gavrila who is infatuated with her.