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.
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.
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