Resurrection
Resurrection is a Soviet film made in 1960-1961, directed by Mikhail Schweitzer and based on his and Yevgeny Gabrilovich's adaptation of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel of the same name.
Plot
In the District Court, a jury hears about the fatal poisoning of a merchant Smyelkov. Among the three accused of the crime is the burgher Ekaterina Maslova, a prostitute. Maslova is innocent, but, as a result of a miscarriage of justice, she is sentenced to four years' hard labor in Siberia.
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author | Leo Tolstoy Mikhail Schweitzer Yevgeny Gabrilovich |
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director | Mikhail Schweitzer |
editor | Klavdiya Aleyeva |
genre | drama |
keywords | abandon daily life hard labor high society miscarriage of justice poison |
musicBy | Georgy Sviridov |
productionCompany | Mosfilm Studios |
publisher | Mosfilm |