The title character, played by Dzidra Ritenberga, is the restless wife of a provincial village fisherman. Unwilling to dedicate herself to her husband, Malwa seeks out love from every man she meets. This results in a romantic triangle that is at once disarmingly simplistic and intensely dramatic. Malwa was the final directorial effort of Vladimir Braun, who died in 1957. Star Dzidra Ritenberga won a "Best Actress" award at the Venice Film Festival; co-stars Pavel Usovicenko and Anatoll Ighnaliev also earned praise for their realistic performances.
Cast
Crew
Volodymyr Braun
Director
Nikolai Kovarsky
Writer
Aleksandr Pereguda
Script Editor
Maxim Gorky
Short Story
Nadezhda Ratmanskaya
Editor
Volodymyr Voitenko
Director of Photography
Karl Gakkel
Assistant Director
Leonid Koretskiy
Executive Producer
Mikhail Yuferov
Production Design
A. Chepurko
Costume Design
Aleksei Matveyev
Makeup Artist
K. Kogan
Sound Director
Ihor Shamo
Original Music Composer
Boris Byalik
Script Consultant
Pyotr Polyakov
Conductor
Konstantin Simeonov
Conductor
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