The Last LeafMovie
A film adaptation of a short story by O. Henry. In a small neighborhood in Greenwich Village, two young artists, Sue and Johnsy, live in a three-story building. Johnsy has contracted pneumonia and is on the verge of death. Outside her window, leaves are falling from the ivy. Johnsy is convinced that as soon as the last leaf falls, she will die. In the same building, on the ground floor, lives the unsuccessful artist Behrman, who year after year dreams of painting a masterpiece but never even attempts to realize his dream. Academic student film work of the Department of Cinematography at Vserossiyskiy gosudarstvyennyy institut kinematografii imyeni S. A. Gerasimova (VGIK).
About The Last Leaf
The Last Leaf is a 1959 drama movie directed by Gemma Firsova.
The production information lists a runtime of 10m, production credits from Soviet Union, an original language code of RU.
The credited cast includes Natalya Abramova, Larysa Kadochnykova, Otar Iosseliani. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
