Dark Eyes (film)
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| Directed by | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Produced by | Carlo Cucchi Silvia D'Amico Bendico |
| Written by | Aleksandr Adabashyan Nikita Mikhalkov Suso Cecchi d'Amico Anton Chekhov (stories) |
| Starring | Marcello Mastroianni Silvana Mangano Marthe Keller Yelena Safonova Pina Cei Vsevolod Larionov |
| Music by | Francis Lai |
| Cinematography | Franco Di Giacomo |
| Editing by | Enzo Meniconi |
| Distributed by | RUSCICO |
| Release date(s) | September 9, 1987 |
| Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Italy Soviet Union |
| Language | Italian / Russian / French |
Dark Eyes (Italian: Oci ciornie; Russian: Очи чёрные; French: Les Yeux noirs) is a 1987 Italian and Russian language film which tells the story of a 19th century married Italian who falls in love with a married Russian woman. It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Oleg Tabakov, Yelena Safonova, Pina Cei and Vsevolod Larionov.[1]
The film was adapted by Aleksandr Adabashyan, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Nikita Mikhalkov, "inspired" by stories by Anton Chekhov. It was directed by Mikhalkov.
Mastroianni received the award for Best Actor at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival[2] and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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[edit] Cast
- Marcello Mastroianni - Romano
- Marthe Keller - Tina, Romano's Mistress
- Yelena Safonova - Anna Sergeyevna, Governor's Wife (as Elena Sofonova)
- Pina Cei - Elisa's Mother
- Vsevolod Larionov - Pavel (Russian Ship Passenger)
- Innokenti Smoktunovsky - Sisoiev's Governor (as Innochentij Smoktunovskj)
- Roberto Herlitzka - Lawyer
- Paolo Baroni - Manlio
- Oleg Tabakov - His Grace
- Yuri Bogatyryov - Marshall (as Jury Bogatiriov)
- Dmitri Zolotukhin - Konstantin (as Dimitri Zolothuchin)
- Silvana Mangano - Elisa (Romano's Wife)
- Jean-Pierre Bardos - Laying guest (as J. Pierre Bardos)
- Nino Bignamini - Buyer
- Maria Grazia Bon - His wife
[edit] Location
The film was recorded among other places in Montecatini Terme in Tuscany, in Saint-Petersburg (Leningrad at the time) and in the historic Russian town of Kostroma.
[edit] References
- ^ "NY Times: Dark Eyes". NY Times.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/12245/Dark-Eyes/details. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Dark Eyes". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/425/year/1987.html. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
[edit] External links
- Dark Eyes at AllRovi
- Dark Eyes at the Internet Movie Database
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