Country
Germany
Date
Feb 11, 1980
Note
Berlin International Film Festival
The Funniest, Tenderest Love Story of the Year.
2h 22min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her daughter. Love seems possible again when she meets a genial mechanic.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Natalya Vavilova | Aleksandra |
| Oleg Tabakov | Volodya |
| Yevgeniya Khanayeva | Rachkov's mother |
| Valentina Ushakova | Nikolay's mother |
| Viktor Uralsky | Nikolay's father |
| Zoya Fyodorova | watchwoman |
| Liya Akhedzhakova | club director |
| Tatyana Konyukhova | self |
| Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy | self |
| Georgiy Yumatov | self |
| Leonid Kharitonov | self |
| Pavel Rudakov | self |
| Veniamin Nechaev | self |
| Vladimir Basov | Anton Kruglov |
| Garri Bardin | chief chemical plant engineer |
| Irina Berezina | Irochka |
| Aleksandr Borodyanskiy | Gosha's friend |
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| Larisa Barabanova | bakery worker |
| Mikhail Bocharov | Boris Aleksandrovich |
| Inna Vykhodtseva | television director |
| Elena Volskaya | skyscraper watchman |
| Vladimir Gusev | General |
| Larisa Danilina | bride |
| Aleksandra Denisova | Gosha's neighbor |
| Aleksandra Danilova | Gosha's neighbor |
| Galina Dobrovolskaya | bakery worker |
| Aleksandr Zhiltsov | Nikita, Aleksandra's friend |
| Tatyana Zhukova-Kirtbaya | Polina |
| Mikhail Zimin | professor Tikhomirov |
| Ivetta Kiselyova | Margarita |
| Muza Krepkogorskaya | General's wife |
| Yuri Koblov | Gena |
| Nikolai Kuznetsov | Nikolay Vasilyevich |
| Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya | hospital nurse |
| Viktor Lazarev | old man in elevator |
| Vladislav Matveev | Vitya Rachkov |
| Viktor Neznanov | poet |
| Eduard Ozeryanskiy | self |
| Dmitri Popov | Gena |
| Vladlen Paulus | Pyotr Lednev |
| Lyudmila Stoyanova | Lyudochka |
| Yuri Perov | Perov, PHD |
| Natalia Sanko | Katerina's co-worker |
| Alfred Solyanov | Gosha's friend |
| Nina Savishcheva | Marina |
| Anatoli Chebotaryov | Anatoliy Grigoryevich |
| Taysiya Shutova | bride |
| Gennadiy Yalovich | Dima |
| Boris Andreev | domino player (uncredited) |
| Andrei Voznesenskiy | self (uncredited) |
| Aleksei Drozdov | domino player (uncredited) |
| Yuri Zaev | wedding guest (uncredited) |
| Mikhail Kalinkin | wedding guest (uncredited) |
| Andrey Kartashov | film crew member (uncredited) |
| Roman Kopeykin | hooligan (uncredited) |
| Vladimir Menshov | Gosha's friend (uncredited) |
| Aleksandr Novikov | plasterer (uncredited) |
| Aleksandr Petrov | trade union head (uncredited) |
| Yuri Potyomkin | admirer (uncredited) |
| Aleksandr Pyatkov | accordionist at wedding (uncredited) |
| Raisa Sazonova | hostel neighbour (uncredited) |
| Galina Samokhina | store customer (uncredited) |
| Igor Surovtsev | wedding guest (uncredited) |
| Vladislav Serdyuk | pub visitor (uncredited) |
| Nikolay Styrov | hooligan (uncredited) |
| Ivan Turchenkov | Shorty at Pub (uncredited) |
| Vladimir Firsov | bypasser (uncredited) |
| Aleksey Shubin | Antonina and Nikolay's son (uncredited) |
| Mikhail Shubin | Antonina and Nikolay's son (uncredited) |
| Igor Godlevskiy | visitor to the Lenin Library (uncredited) |
| Kaleriya Studenkina | episode (uncredited) |
Genres
DramaComedyRomance
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | Москва слезам не верит |
| Lingua originale | Pусский (RU) |
| Lingue parlate | Pусский |
| Paesi di produzione | Soviet Union |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Mosfilm |
| Data di uscita | 11 febbraio 1980 |
| Exec. Producer | Vitali Boguslavsky |
| Writer | Valentin Chernykh, Lyudmila Tsitsina, Dmitriy Sukharev, Yuri Vizbor, Yuri Levitansky |
| Editors | Yelena Mikhaylova |
| Cinematography | Igor Slabnevich, Anatoliy Dzhirkvelov, Igor Bek |
| Asst. Directors | Vladimir Kuchinsky, Vladimir Menshov |
| Camera Operators | Anatoliy Dzhirkvelov, Igor Bek, Igor Slabnevich |
| Add. Photography | Igor Slabnevich, Anatoliy Dzhirkvelov, Igor Bek |
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| Production Design | Said Menyalshchikov |
| Art Direction | Said Menyalshchikov |
| Set Decoration | Said Menyalshchikov |
| Visual Effects | Oksana Kazakova, Yuri Potapov |
| Composer | Sergey Nikitin, Emin Khachaturyan, Mark Bronshteyn, Tatyana Nikitina |
| Sound | Emin Khachaturyan, Sergey Nikitin, Mark Bronshteyn, Tatyana Nikitina |
| Costume Design | Zhanna Melkonyan, Polina Kuzmina |
| Makeup | Polina Kuzmina, Zhanna Melkonyan |
| Hairstyling | Polina Kuzmina, Zhanna Melkonyan |
| Budget | 900.000 € |
| Incasso | 2.500.000 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Country
Portugal
Date
Nov 07, 1980
Note
Santarém International Film Festival
Country
France
Date
Feb 20, 1981
Note
Paris
Country
United States
Date
Apr 30, 1981
Note
Seattle International Film Festival
Theatrical release
Country
Russia
Date
Feb 11, 1980
Country
Germany
Date
Sep 26, 1980
Note
East Germany
Country
Romania
Date
Nov 10, 1980
Country
Finland
Date
Feb 13, 1981
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Mexico
Date
Feb 13, 1981
Country
Portugal
Date
May 27, 1981
Country
Sweden
Date
Sep 14, 1981
Country
Japan
Date
Jan 09, 1982
Country
France
Date
Apr 14, 1982
Certification
U
Country
Denmark
Date
Aug 06, 1984
Country
Netherlands
Date
Mar 06, 1986
Certification
16
Country
Türkiye
Date
Feb 07, 1987
Country
South Korea
Date
Dec 23, 1988
Certification
15
Country
Russia
Date
Jan 30, 2025
Certification
12+
Note
Re-release
Physical media
Country
Netherlands
Date
Jan 01, 2003
Certification
16
Note
DVD
Country
Greece
Date
Sep 21, 2005
Note
DVD
Country
Russia
Date
Jan 11, 2011
Note
DVD
TV
Country
Norway
Date
Jun 01, 1981
Country
Russia
Date
May 03, 1986
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