Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays

Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays (1983) blends Drama and TV Movie elements. Top cast includes Iya Savvina, Lidiya Savchenko, and Alla Pokrovskaya. The plot follows a central conflict that grows in scope as the film progresses.

Actor: Iya Savvina • Genre: Drama movies

The film is dedicated to the heroines of Ostrovsky’s plays—wives, cooks, actresses, matchmakers. For the most part, these are composite characters, but many of them have real-life prototypes. The author was a keen observer and recorded everything interesting in his diary. This is how the gallery of images from his native Zamoskvorechye, where Ostrovsky was born, came into being. Later, after traveling along the Volga, portraits of residents from small towns along the river were added. Alexander Nikolaevich never overlooked the details. When the playwright described daily life, the details of clothing, or the manner of speaking of a character, the hero would literally come to life.