Aleksandr_2 ABRAMOV
Александр_2 АБРАМОВ
Aleksandr_2 ABRAMOV
USSR, 1958, 31mn 
Black and white, TV film
The Witch
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Ведьма

 

 La Sorcière

 Vedma

 
Directed by : Aleksandr_2 ABRAMOV (Александр_2 АБРАМОВ)
Writing credits : Aleksandr_2 ABRAMOV (Александр_2 АБРАМОВ)
Based on Chekhov's short story of the same title
 
Cast
Erast GARIN (Эраст ГАРИН) ...Saveli Gykin
Alla LARIONOVA (Алла ЛАРИОНОВА) ...Raisa
Nikolay RYBNIKOV (Николай РЫБНИКОВ)
 
Cinematography : Yevgeni KIRPICHEV (Евгений КИРПИЧЕВ)
Production design : Semyon MALKIN (Семён МАЛКИН)
Music : Boris KLYUZNER (Борис КЛЮЗНЕР)
Production : Lenfilm
Release date in Russia : 14/02/1959
 

Awards :
“Grand Prix Eurovision” of the 1st International Television Film Festival in Cannes, France, 1961
Premium for the Best Short Film at the V International Film Festival in San Francisco, USA, 1961.

Plot synopsis
Based on a short story of the same title by Anton Chekhov.
The film was awarded the “Grand Prix Eurovision” of the 1st International Television Film Festival in Cannes, France (1961) and the Premium for the Best Short Film at the V International Film Festival in San Francisco, USA (1961).
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Thaw Films : 1953-1968, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2011