Assa (1987)

ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century... See full summary »

Director:

Sergey Solovyev (as Sergey Solovev)

Writers:

Sergey Livnev, Sergey Solovyev (as Sergey Solovev)

Stars:

Natan Eidelman, Anatoly Slivnikov, German Shorr

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Natan Eidelman	...	Golos ot avtora (voice)
Anatoly Slivnikov	...	Ambal
German Shorr	...	Chir
Ilya Ivanov	...	Shar
Aleksandr Bashirov	...	Mayor
Viktor Tsoy	...	Viktor Tsoy
Sergei Ryzhenko	...	Sergey - skripka
Timur Novikov	...	Timur - klavishnye
Andrei Krisanov	...	Andrey - bas-gitara
Georgi Guryanov	...	Gustav - udarnye (as Gustav Guryanov)
Kirill Kozakov	...	Platon Zubov (as Kirill Kazakov)
Aleksandr Domogarov	...	Aleksandr I
Dmitriy Dolinin	...	Pavel I
Andrei Khalyavin	...	Boroda - sotrudnik KGB
Irena Kuksenaite	...	Sputnitsa Borody

Storyline

ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.

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Plot Keywords:

mobster | swimming | suicide | stabbed in the chest | russian mafia | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | History | Music | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The Swimming scenes were shot in summer, so the snow on water and land is artificial.

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Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Natalia Oreiro/Boris Grebenshchikov (2019)

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Soundtracks

Chudesnaya strana
Music by Evgeniy Khavtan
Lyrics by Aleksey Ponizovskiy
Performed by Bravo and Zhanna Aguzarova

User Reviews

The new generation of Russia stuck between the old Soviet tradition and the new corruption

The face of Russia as it was in the 80's. The image of the young generation through the face of gloomy regime. Love story of 2 young people is stuck between the old norms of Soviet union and the new rising power of organized mafia, two ingredients which will affect the collapse of the 70 years socialist power. The young generation demand changes, and immediately but it's being suffocated by both sides of the old order, and the movie ends with legendary Viktor Tsoi's song "Changes" which became an anthem after Tsoi's tragic death in a car accident. A Parallel story in the movie is the murder of Russia's emperor on 12th March of 1801 which is probably a metaphor of constant corruption in Russia.

Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian French

Release Date:

April 1988 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

Асса

Filming Locations:

Crimea, Ukraine

Company Credits

Production Co:

Krug, Mosfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

153 min

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1