An Almost Funny Story
Appearance
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Russian: Почти смешная история | |
Directed by | Pyotr Fomenko |
Written by | Emil Braginsky |
Produced by | Vladimir Predybailov |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Felix Kefchiyan |
Edited by | G. Ilyukhina |
Music by | Sergey Nikitin Viktor Berkovsky |
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Running time | 140 min. |
Country | USSR |
Language | Russian |
An Almost Funny Story (Russian: Почти смешная история, romanized: Pochti smeshnaya istoriya) is a 1977 Soviet two-part television film directed by Pyotr Fomenko.
Plot
[edit]The love story of two already middle-aged people. Two sisters come to a small town on the Volga to rest. One is about fifty, the other is a little younger. They get acquainted with the most ordinary business trip, who does not at all understand that the youngest of the sisters, a little eccentric, fell in love with him at first sight.
Cast
[edit]- Olga Antonova as Illaria Pavlovna
- Lyudmila Arinina as Taisia Pavlovna, Illaria's sister
- Mikhail Gluzsky as Viktor Meshkov
- Valentin Gaft as fellow traveler on the train
- Maria Mironova as telegraph operator
- Svetlana Kharitonova as conductor
- Lyudmila Polyakova as a client at the hairdresser
- Boris Leskin as TV master
The songs are performed by Sergey Nikitin and Tatyana Nikitina.[2]
Production
[edit]Filming took place in Yaroslavl, Plyos, Odessa, and Moscow.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Раззаков, Федор (6 April 2011). Гибель советского ТВ. Litres. ISBN 9785457021716 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Почти смешная история". Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "Odessa Film Encyclopedia". An Almost Funny Story.
External links
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Categories:
- 1977 films
- Soviet television films
- 1970s Soviet films
- 1970s Russian-language films
- Soviet romantic comedy films
- Russian-language romantic comedy films
- 1977 romantic comedy films
- Studio Ekran films
- Films set in Russia
- Films set in Odesa
- Films set in Moscow
- 1970s Soviet film stubs
- 1970s romantic comedy film stubs