Mashenka
Directed byYuli Raizman
Written byYevgeny Gabrilovich
Sergei Yermolinsky
StarringValentina Karavayeva
Mikhail Kuznetsov
CinematographyYevgeniy Nikolayevich Andrikanis
Galina Pyshkova
Edited byYevgeniya Abdirkina
Music byBoris Volsky
Production
company
Release date
  • 10 April 1942 (1942-04-10)
Running time
77 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Mashenka (Russian: Машенька) is a 1942 Soviet drama film directed by Yuli Raizman and starring Valentina Karavayeva and Mikhail Kuznetsov.[1][2]

Plot

Telegraphist Masha Stepanova (Valentina Karavayeva) is a medical orderly. During a fire drill, she meets the taxi driver Alexey Soloviev (Mikhail Kuznetsov). Masha falls in love with Alexsey and takes care of him while he is sick. He mentions how he lied about being in college and actually dropped out due to money shortages. When he comes to health, she overhears him talking to his uncle stating that she is a 'good friend' despite her taking off of work and selling her belongings for him.

Despite this, she still hangs out with him, in love but also keeping distance. Aleksey also decides to go back to college and study with Masha. When he finds out she sold her belongings for him, he repays her and states he is going away to a resort to drive as a taxi driver to make more money. Masha follows him and they talk more, where he eventually leans in for kiss and she refuses, saying he doesn't love her. They agree to wait, and Not everything works out in their relationship.

After a college semester, they meet up at a party with friends. Due to Alexei getting infatuated with another girl Masha leaves abruptly and cuts all contact with her friends and Aleksey. War breaks out, and Masha is a combat nurse and Aleksey is in the 14th tank division. They meet up briefly, and Aleksey leaves a note for her (which is missed and read by other soldiers). The message eventually gets to her, and Aleksey by this point has switched to infantry and participates in an offensive on a town. They eventually happen to meet again later during the Winter War for a few minutes, it seems that everything is still ahead for them.

Cast

Awards

  • 1943 - Stalin Prize of Second degree (Yuli Raizman, Yevgeny Gabrilovich, Valentina Karavayeva).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ↑ "Mashenka Synopsis". www.fandango.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Mashenka". Russia-1.


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