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1977 Soviet Union film

Asya

Russian: Ася
Directed by	Iosif Kheifits
Written by	Iosif Kheifits Ivan Turgenev
Starring	Elena Koreneva Igor Kostolevsky Vyacheslav Yezepov
Cinematography	Genrikh Marandzhyan
Edited by	Raisa Izakson
Music by	Oleg Karavaychuk
Production company	Lenfilm
Release date	1977 (1977)
Running time	98 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Asya (Russian: 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.

Andrei Mironov auditioned for the role of Gagin.

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).

v t e Films by Iosif Kheifits
Wind in the Face (1930) My Motherland (1933) Red Army Days (1935) Baltic Deputy (1936) Member of the Government (1939) His Name Is Sukhe-Bator (1942) The Last Hill (1944) In the Name of Life (1946) The Precious Seed (1948) The Lights of Baku (1950) Spring in Moscow (1953) A Big Family (1954) The Rumyantsev Case (1955) My Beloved (1958) Lady with the Dog (1960) The Horizon (1961) In S. City (1966) Hail, Mary! (1971) Asya (1977) Vagrant Bus (1989)