The Woman in White (1981)
Original title: Женщина в белом
The Woman in White is a 1981 Russian-language crime movie directed by Vadim Derbenyov, with a running time of 2h 28m. It stars Gražina Baikštytė, Aleksandr Abdulov and Akvelina Livmane.
A detective-mystery film based on the novel of the same name by Wilkie Collins, which takes place in the middle of the last century in Victorian England. The young aspiring artist gets a place as a teacher of painting on the estate of land-owner Fairlie, where his sisters Marian and Laura become his students. Returning home late in the evening, he unexpectedly meets a strange woman, dressed head-to-toe in white on a deserted road...
Cast
- Gražina Baikštytė as Anne Catherick / Laura Fairlie
- Aleksandr Abdulov as Walter Hartright
- Akvelina Livmane as Marian Halcombe
- Eduard Martsevich as Sir Percival Glyde
- Vitaliy Shapovalov as Count Fosco
- Vladimir Zeldin as Frederick Fairlie
- Eugenija Pleskyte as Jane Catherick
- Irina Gubanova as Countess Fosco
- Leonid Yarmolnik as Glyde's Servant
- Vladimir Basov as Louis, Sir Fairlie's Footman
- Irina Gosheva as Mrs. Clements
- Mariya Barabanova as Mrs. Vesey