Directed by:
Nikita MikhalkovCinematography:
Franco Di GiacomoComposer:
Francis LaiCast:
Marcello Mastroianni, Yelena Safonova, Marthe Keller, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Roberto Herlitzka, Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov, Silvana Mangano (more)Plots(1)
The story is loosely based on Anton Chekhov's works. In the early 20th century, a middle-aged Italian tells a Russian traveler about a shy Russian woman he had met in a resort town in Italy. After she suddenly abandoned him, madly in love, he travelled for her as far as Russia... (Moscow International Film Festival)
Cast
Marcello Mastroianni
Italy
Best movies:
A Special Day (1977)
Like Father, Like Son (1957)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Yelena Safonova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
East Wind (1993)
V avgustě 44-go (2001)
Dark Eyes (1987)
Marthe Keller
Switzerland
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Marathon Man (1976)
And Now My Love (1974)
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Hamlet (1964)
Crime and Punishment (1970)
The Legend of Till Ullenspiegel (1976)
Roberto Herlitzka
Italy
Best movies:
Seven Beauties (1975)
Love and Anarchy (1973)
The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987)
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
War and Peace: Part IV (1967)
Shine, Shine, My Star (1969)
Silvana Mangano
Italy
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
The Great War (1959)
Yuri Bogatyryov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Oblomov (1979)
Dark Eyes (1987)
An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977)
Aleksandr Filippenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Shine, Shine, My Star (1969)
The World Champion (2021)
My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984)
Dmitriy Zolotukhin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Dark Eyes (1987)
Yunost Bembi (1986)
A Man from Boulevard des Capucines (1987)
Aleksandr Adabashyan
Soviet Union
Riccardo Parisio Perrotti
Best movies:
The Professor (1986)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Il sole anche di notte (1990)
Paolo Baroni
Italy
Best movies:
Amarcord (1973)
Viva Italia! (1977)
Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980)
Всеволод Ларионов
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Siberiade (1979)
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
12 stulyev (1977) (series)
Galina Bokashevskaya
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Granny (2003)
Dark Eyes (1987)
The Heart of the Bear (2001)
Renzo Marignano
Italy
Best movies:
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972)
Bankers Also Have Souls (1982)
Max Turilli
Italy
Best movies:
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Dark Eyes (1987)
The Payoff (1978)
Francesco De Rosa
Italy
Best movies:
Le Bal (1983)
Dark Eyes (1987)
Fellini's Casanova (1976)
Aleksandr Pyatkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Dersu Uzala (1975)
A Cruel Romance (1984)
The Legend of Till Ullenspiegel (1976)
Lyubov Rudneva
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Azazel (2002) (TV movie)
12 (2007)