Russia / Jun 16, 1974
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Soviet intelligence spouses — Lyudmila ("Lyre") and Fyodor ("Starling") Grekov at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War are tasked with settling in Germany. Personnel intelligence officers with vast experience are successfully introduced into German society and begin to work actively. At the end of the war, during the bombing of Berlin, fate separates them, but then they will meet in the new Germany and continue their work.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Viktor Burkhart | Von Holbach |
| Varvara Soshalskaya | Baroness von Schrovenhausen |
| Yuri Volkov | Jürgen |
| Rina Zelyonaya | Ursula |
| Galiks Kolchitskiy | General Leben |
| Rimma Markova | Mrs. Leben |
| Yuri Stromov | Colonel Chandler |
| Svetlana Svetlichnaya | Henrietta |
| Pavel Makhotin | General |
| Jānis Grantiņš | Holy father |
| Viktor Shulgin | Siegfried |
| Vladimir Gorelov | Menoret |
| Zoya Vasilkova | Lady at the baroness's reception |
| Georgi Tusuzov | American man |
| Zoya Stepanova | Maid |
| Vyacheslav Gostinsky | Doctor |
| Alla Budnitskaya | Else |
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| Konstantin Tyrtov | Member of the military Council |
| Aleksandr Shmelyov | Surgeon |
| Grigoriy Shpigel | Doctor Stoeger |
| Yakov Lents | Von Flittendorf |
| Yevgeny Gurov | Wilhelm |
| Natalya Gitserot | Louise |
| Zoya Isaeva | Lady at the baroness's reception |
| Nina Agapova | Lady at the baroness's reception |
| Galina Mikeladze | Lady at the baroness's reception |
| Yuri Gusev | Drunken lieutenant |
| Nikolai Nikitskiy | Industrialist |
| Leonid Obolensky | Industrialist |
| Ella Nekrasova | Mail worker |
| Zana Zanoni | Passenger (uncredited) |
| Lyubov Polishchuk | Girl at the baroness's reception (uncredited) |
| Grigori Aleksandrov | General (uncredited) |
| Inga Budkevich | Society lady (uncredited) |
| Georgiy Petrovskiy | Industrialist (uncredited) |
| Viktor Filippov | Radioman (uncredited) |
| Viktor Markin | Driver (uncredited) |
| Stanislav Korenev | Radioman |
| Arkadi Tsinman | Industrialist (uncredited) |
| Emiliya Milton | Fortune teller |
Genres
RomanceThrillerWarDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Скворец и Лира |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский |
| Production countries | Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Mosfilm, Filmové studio Barrandov, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme |
| Release date | 16 giugno 1974 |
| Executive producer | Vladimir Tseytlin |
| Writer | Grigori Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Lapshin, Nikolay Pekelnik, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Leonid Nekhoroshev, N. Gorshkov |
| Editing | Esfir Tobak |
| Cinematography | Nikolay Olonovskiy, Vladimir Sazonov, P. Kolesnikov, Yuriy Volodin, V. Nikiforov |
| Assistant directors | Mikhail Tumanishvili, S. Vishnevskaya, Grigori Aleksandrov |
| Lighting | V. Skorobogatov |
| Camera operators | Vladimir Sazonov, Nikolay Olonovskiy, P. Kolesnikov, Yuriy Volodin, V. Nikiforov |
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| Additional photography | Nikolay Olonovskiy, Vladimir Sazonov, P. Kolesnikov, Yuriy Volodin, V. Nikiforov |
| Production design | Stalen Volkov, V. Semyonov, L. Manevich |
| Art direction | Stalen Volkov, V. Semyonov, L. Manevich |
| Set decoration | V. Semyonov, Stalen Volkov, L. Manevich |
| Visual effects | German Shimkovich, Aleksandr Klimenko |
| Music | Oskar Feltsman, Raisa Lukina, Leonid Bulgakov, Aleksandr Petukhov, Vladimir Mazurov |
| Sound | Oskar Feltsman, Raisa Lukina, Leonid Bulgakov, Aleksandr Petukhov, Vladimir Mazurov |
| Costume design | Elvira Mutusheva, Lyudmila Baskakova |
| Makeup | Lyudmila Baskakova, Elvira Mutusheva |
| Hairstyling | Elvira Mutusheva, Lyudmila Baskakova |
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