Kashtanka

Kashtanka is a film by Anatoly Vassilev,a noted Russian theatre director and one of the leading European contemporary stage directors, produced by The School of Dramatic arts and TriKita Entertainment in 1994. Vassiliev is the artistic director of the Moscow Theatre "School of Dramatic Arts", European Theatre, and professor of drama in Lyon, France, famous for his works in Russia and worldwide. Vasiliev was awarded the laureate of Russian Stanislavsky Premium in 1988, he received the Order of the Cavalier of Art and Literature from France in 1989, the laureate of the premium "Nuove Realita Europee" in Taormina, Italy, in 1990, and the Chaos and Pirandello prizes in Agrigento, Italy, in 1992. In 1993, he received the Honoured Art Worker of Russia award, followed in 1995 by the laureate of the premium of Stanislasky Fund award for contributions in developing theatre pedagogics. Kashtanka is based on the short story of the same name by Russian writer Anton Tchekhov and stars famous Russian actress Elena Koreneva. The authors claim the film to be "the fantasy about Kashanka by Tchekhov".