The Sisters (Russian: Сёстры, romanized: Syostry) is a 1957[1] Soviet epic film directed by Grigori Roshal.[2] It based on Sisters (1918–1922), the first part of Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's The Road to Calvary trilogy.[3][4][5]
| The Sisters | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Grigori Roshal |
| Written by | Boris Chirskov |
| Based on | Sisters by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy |
| Starring | Rufina Nifontova Nina Veselovskaya Vadim Medvedev Nikolai Gritsenko Viktor Sharlakhov Vladimir Muravyov |
| Cinematography | Leonid Kosmatov |
| Edited by | Yeva Ladyzhenskaya |
| Music by | Dmitry Kabalevsky |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Artkino Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Production
editThe Sisters was filmed in St. Petersburg, including in the Summer Garden.[6] Music was composed by Dmitry Kabalevsky.[7]
Plot
editThe Russian Empire during the First World War; two sisters in Petrograd pursue romance in the runup to the Russian Revolution.[8][9]
Release
editThe Sisters was released in the Soviet Union on 24 September 1957, and in the West in 1959.[10]
It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1957, with 42.5 million tickets sold.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Soviet Film". January 11, 1974 – via Google Books.
- ^ Rollins, Peter C.; O'Connor, John E. (January 11, 1997). Hollywood's World War I: Motion Picture Images. Bowling Green State University Popular Press. ISBN 9780879727550 – via Google Books.
- ^ Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich (January 11, 1973). "Great Soviet Encyclopedia". Macmillan – via Google Books.
- ^ "Bundesarchiv — Recherche — Detailansicht — Der Leidensweg Teil I — Die Schwestern (1957)".
- ^ "The International Encyclopedia of Film". January 11, 1972 – via Google Books.
- ^ Раскина, Ирина. "5. Кадр из фильма «Сёстры» (1957)".
- ^ Craggs, Stewart R. (May 3, 2019). Soundtracks: International Dictionary of Composers of Music for Film. Routledge. ISBN 9780429777431 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Sisters (1957)" – via letterboxd.com.
- ^ "Сестры 1957 смотреть онлайн ретро фильм в хорошем качестве". retrogid.ru.
- ^ Christie, Ian; Taylor, Professor Richard; Taylor, Richard (October 12, 2012). The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge. ISBN 9781135082512 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kudryavtsev, Sergey (4 July 2006). "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате" [Domestic Films in Soviet Film Distribution]. LiveJournal (in Russian). Retrieved 4 February 2019.
External links
edit- The Sisters at IMDb
- Сёстры («Хождение по мукам») (драма, реж. Григорий Рошаль, 1959 г.) on YouTube (in Russian, no subtitles)
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