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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/055/162055466_71ae04.png)
Marcello Mastroianni
Italy
Best movies:
A Special Day (1977)
A Tailor's Maid (1957)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
![Yelena Safonova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/337/162337205_5eedc3.jpg)
Yelena Safonova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
East Wind (1993)
Dark Eyes (1987)
Taksi-Blyuz (1990)
![Marthe Keller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/903/162903593_a9c2ad.png)
Marthe Keller
Switzerland
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Marathon Man (1976)
And Now My Love (1974)
![Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386759_c5e6f8.jpg)
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Hamlet (1964)
Crime and Punishment (1970)
The Legend of Till Ullenspiegel (1976)
![Roberto Herlitzka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/318/158318964_cfdba5.jpg)
Roberto Herlitzka
Italy
Best movies:
Seven Beauties (1975)
Love & Anarchy (1973)
The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987)
![Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/428/428898_a6ed2e.jpg)
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
War and Peace: Part IV (1967)
Shine, Shine, My Star (1969)
![Silvana Mangano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/713/161713478_959d9c.jpg)
Silvana Mangano
Italy
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
The Great War (1959)
![Yuri Bogatyryov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/031/567/31567949_71e26f.jpg)
Yuri Bogatyryov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Oblomov (1979)
Dark Eyes (1987)
An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977)
![Aleksandr Filippenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/148/162148350_5a9318.jpg)
Aleksandr Filippenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Shine, Shine, My Star (1969)
The World Champion (2021)
My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984)
![Dmitriy Zolotukhin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/242/158242259_9544fa.jpg)
Dmitriy Zolotukhin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Dark Eyes (1987)
Yunost Bembi (1986)
A Man from Boulevard des Capucines (1987)
![Aleksandr Adabashyan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/641/158641901_725e15.jpg)
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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/415/162415467_ab14f4.jpg)
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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/246/162246316_5b9ed9.jpg)
Lyubov Rudneva
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
12 (2007)
Azazel (2002) (TV movie)