Asya (film)

Asya (Ася) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits. It is an adaptation of the 1857 novella Asya by Ivan Turgenev.

Plot
The film is set on the banks of the Rhine. The protagonist N.N. is a strange girl named Asya, who has an extraordinary power of love.

Cast

 * Elena Koreneva as Asya
 * Igor Kostolevsky as  Gagin
 * Vyacheslav Yezepov as N.N.
 * Gertrud Brendler as episode
 * Kirill Gun as cashier at the shipping company
 * Yuri Medvedev as russian man in a German restaurant

Production
Andrei Mironov auditioned for the role of Gagin.

Awards
Prizes for Best Actress (Elena Koreneva)  Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland, 1976), at the Taormina Film Fest (Italy, 1978), and International Film Festival in Cobourg (France, 1977).