A Lover's Romance
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| Directed by | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| Written by | Evgeniy Grigoriev |
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Yevgeny Kindinov Iya Savvina Yelena Koreneva Irina Kupchenko Innokenty Smoktunovsky |
| Music by | Alexander Gradsky |
| Cinematography | Levan Paatashvili |
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Running time | 135 min. |
| Country | USSR |
| Language | Russian |
A Lover's Romance or Romance for Lovers (Russian: Романс о влюблённых, translit. Romans o vlyublyonnykh) is a 1974 Soviet musical romantic drama directed by Andrei Konchalovsky.[1]
Synopsis
Sergei and Tanya are in love with each other. Sergei is drafted into the marine corps and Tania waits for his return. Sergei's division is abandoned in favor of helping local residents in distress. During the operation, his armored personnel gets carried into the sea. His relatives receive a notice of his death. Tanya's loving childhood friend, a hockey player, helps her to cope with misfortune and she marries him.
But it turned out that Sergei did not perish. He, together with a wounded friend he saved, are found on a deserted island after a long winter. Back home, Sergei learns that Tanya has married another. Unable to accept the loss of his beloved, Sergei dies; but this death is a symbolic and emotional one, not physical. Sergei continues to live a normal life without shock and strong distress, meets another girl, marries her, has a child. In the finale there is a spiritual rebirth of the hero.
Cast
- Yevgeny Kindinov - Sergei Nikitin (vocals - Alexander Gradsky)
- Yelena Koreneva - Tanya (vocals - Zoe Kharabadze)
- Irina Kupchenko - Lyuda (vocals - Valentine Tolkunova)
- Innokenty Smoktunovsky - Trumpeter (solo trumpet - Vladimir Siskin)
- Elizaveta Solodova - Sergei's mother
- Iya Savvina - Tanya's mother
- Vladimir Konkin - Sergei's younger brother
- Aleksandr Zbruyev- Igor Volgin
- Roman Gromadsky - Ensign Ivan Solovyov
- Nikolai Grinko - Vice-Admiral
- Ivan Ryzhov - Vasiliy
- Alexander Samoilov - Sergei's middle brother
- Ekaterina Mazurova - Tanya's grandmother
Awards
In 1974 the film received the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[2]