Malva (1956)
The title character, played by Dzidra Ritenberga, is the restless wife of a provincial village fisherman. Unwilling to dedicate herself to her husband, Malwa seeks out love from every man she meets. This results in a romantic triangle that is at once disarmingly simplistic and intensely dramatic. Malwa was the final directorial effort of Vladimir Braun, who died in 1957. Star Dzidra Ritenberga won a "Best Actress" award at the Venice Film Festival; co-stars Pavel Usovicenko and Anatoll Ighnaliev also earned praise for their realistic performances.
Director: Volodymyr Braun
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Dzidra Ritenberga as Malva |
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Anatoliy Ignatyev as |
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Arkadi Tolbuzin as |
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Arkadi Tolbuzin as Ignaty Fomich |
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Pavel Usovnichenko as |
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Gennadiy Yukhtin as |
| Directing | Volodymyr Braun | Director |
| Writing | Nikolai Kovarsky | Writer |
| Camera | Volodymyr Voitenko | Director of Photography |
| Art | Mikhail Yuferov | Production Design |
| Writing | Maxim Gorky | Short Story |
| Directing | Karl Gakkel | Assistant Director |
| Sound | K. Kogan | Sound Director |
| Sound | Ihor Shamo | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Boris Byalik | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Aleksandr Pereguda | Script Editor |
| Editing | Nadezhda Ratmanskaya | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | A. Chepurko | Costume Design |
| Sound | Pyotr Polyakov | Conductor |
| Sound | Konstantin Simeonov | Conductor |
| Production | Leonid Koretskiy | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksei Matveyev | Makeup Artist |
