Torrents of Spring is a 1989 drama film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Timothy Hutton, Nastassja Kinski and Valeria Golino. It is based on the 1872 novel by Ivan Turgenev. It is a British, French, and Italian co-production. Set in 1840, the film follows a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, who is torn between the love of a beautiful German pastry-shop girl, Gemma Rosselli, and a Russian seductress, Princess Maria Nikolaevna. The film competed for the Golden Palm Award at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.
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Cast
Timothy Hutton as Dimitri Sanin
Nastassja Kinski as Maria Nikolaevna Polozov
Valeria Golino as Gemma Rosselli
William Forsythe as Prince Ippolito Polozov
Urbano Barberini as Baron Von Doenhof
Francesca De Sapio as Mrs. Rosselli
Jacques Herlin as Pantaleone
Antonio Cantafora as Richter
Krzysztof Janczar as Klueber (credited as Christopher Janczar)
Christian Dottorini as Emilio
Alexia Korda as Mrs. Stoltz
Marinella Anaclerio as Luisa
Pietro Bontempo as Man With Glasses
Thierry Langerak as La luna
Xavier Maly as Pulcinella
Reception
The film grossed $111,747 upon its U.S. theatrical release.