First Love
Erste Liebe
Based on Ivan Turgeyev's novella, Erste Liebe is about two young lovers in czarist Russia. One is a 21-year-old woman, the other a young man of sixteen. Things take a tragic turn as the girl (Dominique Sanda as Sanaida) falls in love with the boy's father (Maximilian Schell). This film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 1970's Academy Awards.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
John Moulder-Brown
Alexander
Dominique Sanda
Sinaida
Maximilian Schell
Father
Valentina Cortese
Mother
Marius Goring
Dr. Lushin
Dandy Nichols
Princess Zasekina
Richard Warwick
Lt. Belovzorov
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Keith Bell
Count Malevsky
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Johannes Schaaf
Nirmatsky
John Osborne
Maidanov
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Mark London
Composer
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Sven Nykvist
Cinematographer