Torrents of Spring is a 1989 film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début Oko wykol...

 and starring Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton

Timothy Tarquin Hutton is an American actor. He is the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at the age of 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People . He currently stars as Nathan "Nate" Ford on the TNT series Leverage.-Early life:Timothy...

 and Nastassja Kinski

Nastassja Kinski

Nastassja Kinski is a German-born American-based actress who has appeared in more than 60 films. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of the title character in Tess and her roles in two erotic films , as well as parts in Wim Wenders' films The Wrong Move; Paris,...

. It is based on the novel of the same title

Torrents of Spring

Torrents of Spring, also known as Spring Torrents , is a novel written by Ivan Turgenev during 1870 and 1871 when he was in his fifties. The story is about a young 22-year-old Russian landowner named Dimitry Sanin who falls deliriously in love for the first time while visiting the German city of...

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Set in 1840, it is about a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, 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

Palme d'Or

The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...

 at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival

1989 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Wim Wenders *Christine Gouze-Renal*Claude Beylie*Georges Delerue*Hector Babenco*Krzysztof Kieślowski*Peter Handke*Renée Blanchar*Sally Field*Silvio Clementelli-Feature film competition:* Chimère by Claire Devers...

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Cast

• Timothy Hutton
  Timothy Hutton
  Timothy Tarquin Hutton is an American actor. He is the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at the age of 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People . He currently stars as Nathan "Nate" Ford on the TNT series Leverage.-Early life:Timothy...
  
   - Dimitri Sanin
• Nastassja Kinski
  Nastassja Kinski
  Nastassja Kinski is a German-born American-based actress who has appeared in more than 60 films. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of the title character in Tess and her roles in two erotic films , as well as parts in Wim Wenders' films The Wrong Move; Paris,...
  
   - Maria Nikolaevna Polozov
• Valeria Golino
  Valeria Golino
  Valeria Golino is an Italian-Greek film and television actress. She is best known to English language audiences for the 1988 film Rain Man, and the Hot Shots! films...
  
   - Gemma Rosselli
• William Forsythe
  William Forsythe (actor)
  William Forsythe is an American actor, known for playing "tough guy" roles. He is also a writer, and has several short stories that are set to be published.-Early life:...
  
   - Prince Ippolito Polozov
• Urbano Barberini
  Urbano Barberini
  Urbano Barberini is an Italian actor fluent in Italian and French. His most recognized role in the English-speaking countries was in his work in Dario Argento's film Opera though in the English dubbing, his voice was replaced with a more masculine actor's voice...
  
   - Baron Von Doenhof
• Francesca De Sapio
  Francesca De Sapio
  Francesca De Sapio is an Italian actress and acting coach.The daughter of an architect, she was born in Rome. After her fathers work took him to the United States, she started studying acting in Texas....
  
   - Mrs. Rosselli
• Jacques Herlin - Pantaleone
• Antonio Cantafora - Richter
• Krzysztof Janczar - Klueber (as Christopher Janczar)
• Christian Dottorini - Emilio
• Alexia Korda - Mrs. Stoltz
• Marinella Anaclerio - Luisa
• Pietro Bontempo - Man with Glasses
• Thierry Langerak - La luna
• Xavier Maly - Pulcinella