he nevertheless has the workaday air of an up-and-coming merchant Baron von Dönhof – a German officer who fights a duel with Sanin early in the novel and then crosses paths again with Sanin in Wiesbaden Herr Second Lieutenant von Richter – fellow officer of von Dönhof and his second in the duel with Sanin Hippolyte Sidorovich Polozov – an old schoolmate of Sanin's and husband of Maria Nikolaevnka Polozov; a phlegmatic and rather dull figure with a large appetite who is well-kept by his wife's income and glad to do his wife's bidding if only to be left alone Maria Nikolaevna Polozova – wealthy wife of Hippolyte Sydorovych Polozov; a femme fatale who sets out to seduce Sanin Adaptations A film based on the novel, written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, was released in 1989. The film, which competed for the Golden Palm Award at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, stars Timothy Hutton, Nastassja Kinski, and Valeria Golino. There had also been two Soviet and one Czechoslovak adaptations. References External links 1872 Russian novels Fiction set in 1840 Novels set in the 1840s Frankfurt in fiction Novels set in Germany Novels by Ivan Turgenev Russian novels adapted into films