Forgotten Melody for a Flute
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| Directed by | Eldar Ryazanov |
| Written by | Emil Braginsky (play and screenplay) Eldar Ryazanov (play and screenplay) |
| Produced by | Leonid Vereshchagin |
| Starring | Leonid Filatov Tatyana Dogileva Irina Kupchenko Valentin Gaft Vsevolod Sanayev Olga Volkova |
| Music by | Andrey Petrov |
Release date |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Forgotten Melody for a Flute (Russian: Забытая мелодия для флейты, romanized: Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty) is a 1987 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film's plot is based on the stage play of the same name written by Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky.[1]
Plot
[edit]It tells the story of a former musician who must make a hard choice between freedom with his mistress and a comfortable life with his wife. Previously, he was a student of a conservatory and a good flute player and now is the husband of an important man's daughter. Himself he is the head of one of the units of the Main Directorate. One day Leonid Semenovich Filimonov feels a physical discomfort; his heart aches, and he is not even forty years old. This unpleasant incident provides an opportunity to get acquainted with Lida – a young nurse from the departmental clinic which becomes a start of a whirlwind romance.
Cast
[edit]- Leonid Filatov as Leonid Filimonov[1]
- Tatyana Dogileva as Lida
- Irina Kupchenko as Yelena
- Valentin Gaft as Odinokov
- Vsevolod Sanayev as Yaroslav Stepanovich
- Olga Volkova as Surova
- Sergei Artsibashev as Aleksey Akimovich
- Alexander Shirvindt as Myasoedov
- Elena Mayorova as Lusya, a policeman
- Vatslav Dvorzhetsky as Leonid Filimonov's father
- Elena Fadeeva as Leonid Filimonov's mother
- Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny as Sacha, actor
- Pyotr Merkuryev as conductor of female choir
- Eugene Voskresensky as Kirill, Surova's nephew
- Alexander Samoylenko as Sacha, Kirill's partner in crime
- Nina Agapova as Tatyana Georgievna, secretary
- Tatyana Gavrilova as actress, (Mayor's wife)
- Capitolina Ilienko as Capitolina Ivanovna
- Leonid Maryagin as Fedor Demyanovich, Filimonov's father in law
- Valery Pogoreltsev as director of amateur theatre
- Yuri Suchkov as actor (Khlestakov)
- Alexander Pyatkov as bureaucrat on the train
- Eldar Ryazanov as man with telescope
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Эльдар Рязанов. Ирония судьбы, или…". Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
External links
[edit]- Forgotten Melody for a Flute at IMDb
- Forgotten Melody for a Flute on YouTube with English subtitles
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