| The Story of Asya Klyachina | |
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| Directed by | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| Starring | Iya Savvina |
| Cinematography | Georgy Rerberg |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Story of Asya Klyachina (Russian: История Аси Клячиной, которая любила, да не вышла замуж, Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh, also known as Asya's Happiness and Asya Klyachina's Story) is a 1966 Soviet movie. The artistic director was Mikhail Romadin. Shown briefly in 1967 under the title Asya's Happiness (Russian: Асино счастье), it was not released widely until 1987.
Director Andrei Konchalovsky won the Nika Award for best director for this black-and-white movie.
Synopsis
Asya, a young collective farmer is in love with a driver by whom she is expecting a child. But he does not reciprocate her feelings. She persists, in spite of the advances of another suitor, then decides, lucidly and courageously, to raise her child alone.
Cast
- Iya Savvina as Asya Klyachina
- Gennady Egorychev as Chirkunov
- Alexander Surin as Stepan
- Mikhail Kislov
- Ivan Petrov
- Lyubov Sokolova as Maria, mother of Mishanka
- Boris Parfyonov
- Sergey Parfyonov
- Nikolay Pogodin
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