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Maschenka. Maschenka (Russian: Машенька, Mashen'ka; English: Mary) is a 1987 international film adaptation of the debut novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first published under his pen name V. Sirin in 1926. The film was directed by John Goldschmidt from a screenplay by John Mortimer and stars Cary Elwes as Ganin and Irina Brook as Maschenka.
Nov 20, 1987 · Maschenka: Directed by John Goldschmidt. With Irina Brook, Cary Elwes, Sunnyi Melles, Jonathan Coy. A story about true love, set in the Berlin of the 1920s. In a shabby lodging-house inhabited by a number of faintly ludicrous characters, the young Russian exile Ganin is unexpectedly confronted with his past.
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- Drama, Romance
- John Goldschmidt
- 1987-11-20
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Mary was first written and published in the mid-1920s during Nabokov's stay in Berlin. Nabokov's (or "Sirin's", as he was known at the time) first novel contains, as many of his works do, key autobiographical elements. According to Brian Boyd, the character Mary Alfyorov is based on Nabokov's first love, Valentina (Lyussya) Evgenievna Shulgin ...
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
- 1926
A story about true love, set in the Berlin of the 1920s. In a shabby lodging-house inhabited by a number of faintly ludicrous characters, the young Russian exile Ganin is unexpectedly confronted ...
A highly emotional film that tugs at the heart as much as it tickles the funny bone, Maschenka is truly faithful to its source material. Directed with skill and an understanding of the text, Maschenka features stunning a blend of stunning summer locations and grim industrial modernism. Accompanied by a soundtrack so effective that you wouldn't ...
Maschenka is a film directed by John Goldschmidt with Irina Brook, Cary Elwes, Sunnyi Melles, Jonathan Coy .... Year: 1987. Original title: Maschenka. Synopsis: The story, said to be semi-autobiographical, is of Lev Glebovich Ganin (Elwes), a Russian émigré who has been displaced by the Russian Revolution.
Film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's debut novel, 'Mary'.
