Машенька (1942): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1942, Машенька is a drama, krieg and liebesfilm film directed by Yuli Raizman, running about 72 minutes. “Best Soviet Film Since 'Girl from Leningrad'” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Lovely telegraph operator Masha Stepanova is a sanitary nurse. During a training alarm, she meets a taxi driver Alexei (Alyosha) Solovyov. He reads verses to a girl and invites her to the theater. But at the appointed time, Alyosha doesn't come, and Mashenka finds him, helps to recover. Young people fell in love with each other, but Alexei was too frivolous, and brings the girl a lot of sorrows and insults. Because of Alexei’s hobby for another girl, Masha breaks up with him. But she will be able to convey her faithful and true-hearted feeling through years of separation and the hardships of wartime, and when they meet again at the front of the Finnish War, Solovyov realizes what a gift of fate was meeting him with this girl.

Who’s in it. Машенька stars Valentina Karavayeva as Mashenka, Mikhail Kuznetsov as Alyosha, Dariya Pankratova as Klava and Vera Altayskaya as Vera, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.7/10, Машенька has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Машенька page.

If you liked it. Fans of Машенька tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.