The Last Leaf
1959, Russian. Directed by Gemma Firsova.
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).
- Runtime
- 0h 10m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 9 November 1959
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- Country
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The Last Leaf isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 November 1959. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Last Leaf?
The Last Leaf (1959) was directed by Gemma Firsova and stars Natalya Abramova, Larisa Kadochnikova, Otar Iosseliani.