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Pisnia zavzhdy z namy

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Pisnia zavzhdy z namy
Film poster
Directed byViktor Storozhenko
Written byViktor Storozhenko
StarringSofia Rotaru
Distributed byUkrtelefilm
Release date
  • 1 January 1975 (1975-01-01)
Running time
79 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguagesRussian, Ukrainian

Pisnia zavzhdy z namy (Ukrainian: Пісня завжди з нами) is a 1975 Soviet musical film, produced by Viktor Storozhenko starring Sofia Rotaru in the main role, as well as Ukrainian Smerichka vocal-instrumental band. The movie features songs in Ukrainian, Romanian and Russian of Sofia Rotaru filmed in the background of Ukrainian Carpathian mountains.

Plot

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Filmed by Ukrainian studio of television films, the musical film Pisnia zavzhdy z namy features six songs of Volodymyr Ivasiuk, written for Sofia Rotaru. The young and beautiful singer starts a concert in a mountainous vacation resort music club in open air. This autobiographical scenario depicts true Ukrainian Moldavian origins of Sofia Rotaru in the bucolic atmosphere of melodic Northern Bukovina in Western Ukraine.

Production

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The filming took place in the village Ploska in Putyla Raion. The main theme of the movie is the exploration of the artistic laboratory of Sofia Rotaru, who has always affirmed that her artistic path started from a stage in a village club.

Soundtrack

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[1] Song Performed by Authors Commentaries
1 "Cradle to the Wind"
Ukrainian: Колиска вiтру/Kolyska vitru
Sofia Rotaru Lyrics: Bogdan Stelmakh
Music: Volodymyr Ivasiuk
1975
2 "Swan Fidelity"
Russian: Лебединая верность/Lebedinaya vernost
Sofia Rotaru Lyrics: Andrei Dementiev
Music: Yevgeniy Martynov
1975, 1991, 1996
3 "Song Will Be With Us"
Ukrainian: Пiсня буде помiж нас/Pisnia bude pomizh nas
Sofia Rotaru Lyrics: Volodymyr Ivasiuk
Music: Volodymyr Ivasiuk
1974, 1977, 1997
featuring the first modern back-stage dancing in the USSR
4 "My Late Love"
Romanian: Iubirea mea târzie
Sofia Rotaru Lyrics: Ion and Petru Teodorovici
Music: Efim Ciuntu
5 "Your Steps"
Russian: Твои следы/Tvoi sledy
Sofia Rotaru Lyrics: Yevgeniy Evtushenko
Music: Arno Babadzhanyan
1975
6 "Say That You Love"
Ukrainian: Скажи, що любиш/Skazhy, shcho liubysh
Sofia Rotaru Lyrics: Serguey Kocherga
Music: Nino Rota
1972, 1975
Sofia Rotaru was forbidden to record at Ariola (today Sony BMG Music Entertainment) the English cover of The Godfather's theme in English language by the Soviet concert administration in early 1970s as she was touring Germany.
7 "Memories"
Russian: Воспоминание/Vospominanie
Sofia Rotaru Lyrics: Igor Kokhanovsky
Music: Boris Rychkov
1974

Notes

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  1. ^ Chronological order
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