First Love (1970 film)

First Love
Film poster
Directed by	Maximilian Schell
Produced by	Barry Levinson Maximilian Schell
Written by	Screenplay: Maximilian Schell Novella: Ivan Turgenev
Starring	Maximilian Schell Dominique Sanda John Moulder-Brown
Music by	Mark London
Cinematography	Sven Nykvist
Edited by	Dagmar Hirtz
Release dates	23 April 1971 (1971-04-23)
Country	Switzerland
Language	German

First Love (German: Erste Liebe) is a 1970 film, written, directed, and starred in by Austrian director Maximilian Schell. It is an adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's homonymous novella starring Schell, Dominique Sanda, and John Moulder-Brown.

Plot

For plot details, see First Love the novella by Ivan Turgenev.

Cast

• John Moulder-Brown as Alexander
• Dominique Sanda as Sinaida
• Maximilian Schell as Father
• Valentina Cortese as Mother
• Marius Goring as Dr. Lushin
• Dandy Nichols as Princess Zasekina
• Richard Warwick as Lt. Belovzorov
• Keith Bell as Count Malevsky
• Johannes Schaaf as Nirmatsky
• John Osborne as Maidanov

Awards

• Academy Awards, USA

1971 Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film (Switzerland)

• German Film Awards

1971 Won the "Film Award in Gold" for "Outstanding Feature Film"

• San Sebastián International Film Festival

1970 Maximilian Schell Won the "Silver Seashell" award

See also

• List of submissions to the 43rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

External links

• First Love at IMDb