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Director:
Jerzy Skolimowski
Writers:
Jerzy Skolimowski (screenplay) and
Arcangelo Bonaccorso (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 February 1990 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama | Romance See more »
Plot:
In 1840, a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, is returning home after a long tour of Europe. In Germany... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
1 nomination See more »
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
THR's List of 25 Best Film Schools
 (From GeekTyrant. 27 July 2011, 2:34 PM, PDT)
Finding Zen in Poland: An Interview with Jerzy Skolimowski
 (From MUBI. 29 June 2011, 8:48 AM, PDT)
"The Cinema of Jerzy Skolimowski"
 (From MUBI. 12 June 2011, 6:10 AM, PDT)
User Reviews:
what a waste! See more (8 total) »

Cast

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Timothy Hutton ... Dimitri Sanin

Nastassja Kinski ... Maria Nikolaevna Polozov

Valeria Golino ... Gemma Rosselli

William Forsythe ... Prince Ippolito Polozov

Urbano Barberini ... Baron Von Doenhof
Francesca De Sapio ... Mrs. Rosselli
Jacques Herlin ... Pantaleone
Antonio Cantafora ... Richter
Krzysztof Janczar ... Klueber (as Christopher Janczar)
Christian Dottorini ... Emilio
Alexia Korda ... Mrs. Stoltz
Marinella Anaclerio ... Luisa
Pietro Bontempo ... Man with Glasses
Thierry Langerak ... La luna
Xavier Maly ... Pulcinella
Anna Piccioni ... Gypsy Woman
Massimo Sarchielli ... Gypsy Man
Serge Spira ... Doctor Past
Elena Schapova ... First Maid

Antonella Ponziani ... Second Maid

Jerzy Skolimowski ... Victor Victorovich
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Directed by
Jerzy Skolimowski 
 
Writing credits
Jerzy Skolimowski (screenplay) and
Arcangelo Bonaccorso (screenplay)

Ivan Turgenev (novel)

Michael Sarne (additional dialogue) (as Michael Scheuer Sarne) and
Evelyn Wendel (additional dialogue)

James Carrington (scenario consultant)

Anne Dutter (adaptation: French screenplay) (as Anna) &
Georges Dutter (adaptation: French screenplay)

Produced by
Mario Cotone .... executive producer
Michael Relph .... consulting producer
Angelo Rizzoli Jr. .... producer (as Angelo Rizzoli)
 
Original Music by
Stanley Myers 
 
Cinematography by
Witold Sobocinski 
Dante Spinotti 
 
Film Editing by
Cesare D'Amico 
Andrzej Kostenko (co-editor)
 
Production Design by
Francesco Bronzi 
 
Costume Design by
Sibylle Ulsamer 
 
Makeup Department
Giuseppe Banchelli .... key makeup artist
Giancarlo De Leonardis .... hair designer department head
 
Production Management
Jan Balzer .... production manager: Czechoslovakia
Mario Campagna .... assistant unit manager
Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco .... assistant production manager
Nando Nibbi .... assistant unit manager
Pietro Sassaroli .... unit manager
Attilio Viti .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Brandt .... assistant director
Andrzej Kostenko .... second unit director
 
Art Department
Roberto Magagnini .... property master
Claudio Mohoric .... assistant production designer
 
Sound Department
Tullio Arcangeli .... sound effects
Michel Bensaid .... boom operator
Romano Checcacci .... recording director
Sotir Gjika .... sound effects (as Gijka Sotir)
André Hervée .... sound mixer
Robert Rietty .... recording director (as Robert Rietti)
Roberto Sterbini .... sound effects
 
Stunts
Franco Fantasia .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Jacques Bréhier .... Steadicam operator
Jan Carda .... focus puller
Enrico Lucidi .... camera operator
Marco Mazzoneschi .... assistant camera
Angelo Novi .... still photographer
Alvaro Romagnoli .... gaffer
Marco Sacerdoti .... focus puller
Pietro Tiberti .... grip
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hana Kucerova .... set costumer
Theodor Pistek .... costume supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Liberata Zocchi .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Maurizio Abeni .... musician: piano, "Chopin's Etude"
Leopold Kozlowski .... conductor: gypsy music
Leopold Kozlowski .... music arranger: gypsy music
Nowa Roma .... musician: gypsy music
Carlo Savina .... conductor
Fiachra Trench .... composer: additional music
Fiachra Trench .... orchestrator
 
Other crew
Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco .... location manager
Gabriella Di Santo .... production coordinator
Zdenek Fiala .... location manager
Giorgia Onofri .... script supervisor
Michael Relph .... production consultant
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Acque di primavera" - Italy
"Les eaux printanières" - France (dubbed version)
"Correntes da Primavera" - Brazil
"El año de las lluvias torrenciales" - Spain
"Heimarroi tis anoixis" - Greece (festival title)
"Kuin keväinen tulva" - Finland
"Torrentes de primavera" - Argentina (imdb display title)
"Wenn die Masken fallen" - West Germany
"Wiosenne wody" - Poland (imdb display title)
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Runtime:
USA:101 min | Argentina:101 min
Country:
UK | France | Italy
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Prague, Czech RepublicSee more »
Company:
Erre ProduzioniSee more »

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Movie Connections:
Remake of Chun chao (1957)See more »
Soundtrack:
Don GiovanniSee more »

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User Reviews

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3 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
what a waste!, 5 August 2004
Author: dmangibson-1

Turgenev's novel is ripe for cinematic treatment but Jerzy makes one wrong decision after another and sucks the life and drama out of the novel. Though Timothy Hutton is a serviceable lead -- his Russian dance though completely out of character and not in the book is a standout -- Valeria Golino is horribly miscast as is Kinski. The script also takes such liberties with the structure and characterizations that the movie ends up collapsing under its own weight. As the filmmaker never truly establishes Hutton's commitment and love for Gemma we don't care what happens between he and Kinski. Throughout the movie the director takes what were written as character scenes and opens them up into elaborate set pieces -- the fair, the opera, the masked ball -- underscoring his insecurity about our attachment to his characters and their wants and desires. He also has the most annoying directorial tic of starting almost every scene by dollying the camera behind some foreground element; flowers, tree branches, curtains and then finding our characters making their entrance. Miramax should have repo-ed the dolly and track and given him a tripod to stick the camera on.

Turgenev deserves better. Read the book; it's much more cinematic on the page then in this film.

One last question: what is William Forsythe doing in this movie?

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