Little Tragedies (film)
| Little Tragedies | |
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| Directed by | Mikhail Schweitzer |
| Written by | Mikhail Schweitzer |
| Starring | Matluba Alimova Natalya Belokhvostikova Nikolai Burlyayev |
| Cinematography | Mikhail Agranovich |
| Edited by | Natalia Alfyorova Zoya Veryovkina |
| Music by | Alfred Schnittke |
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Running time | 215 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Little Tragedies (Russian: Маленькие трагедии) is a 1979 Soviet television miniseries directed by Mikhail Schweitzer, based on works by Alexander Pushkin.[1] Dedicated to Pushkin's 180th birthday and 150th anniversary of Boldino Autumn, it was Vladimir Vysotsky's last movie role.
Pushkin's works used
[edit]- Scene from Faust
- Little Tragedies
- Mozart and Salieri (play)
- The Covetous Knight
- The Stone Guest (play)
- A Feast in Time of Plague (play)
- Egyptian Nights
- Гости съезжались на дачу…
- На углу маленькой площади…
- Мы проводили вечер на даче…
- Жил на свете рыцарь бедный…
Cast
[edit]- Matluba Alimova as Laura
- Natalya Belokhvostikova as Donna Anna
- Nikolai Burlyayev as Alber, young Baron
- Natalya Danilova as Princess Volskaya
- Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Ekaterina Pavlovna
- Inna Gulaya as Queen of the Night
- Ivars Kalniņš as Faust and Don Carlos (voiced by Sergei Malishevsky)
- Leonid Kayurov as Alexey Ivanovich
- Nikolai Kochegarov as Mephistopheles[2] (voiced by Igor Yasulovich) and one of Laura's guests
- Mikhail Kokshenov as Ivan, servant
- Leonid Kuravlyov as Leporello, servant of Don Juan
- Ivan Lapikov as Priest
- Avangard Leontiev as Solomon
- Grigory Malikov (episode)
- Radner Muratov (episode)
- Svetlana Pereladova as Mary
- Filipp Smoktunovsky as Duke (voiced by Igor Yasulovich)
- Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Salieri and Old Baron
- Georgy Taratorkin as Charsky
- Aleksandr Trofimov as Chairman
- Larisa Udovichenko as Alber's fiance and Louise
- Vladimir Vysotsky as Don Juan
- Sergei Yursky as Improvisator
- Valeri Zolotukhin as Mozart
References
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- 1979 films
- Soviet television films
- Soviet television miniseries
- Films based on works by Aleksandr Pushkin
- Films directed by Mikhail Shveytser
- Films scored by Alfred Schnittke
- Mosfilm films
- Studio Ekran films
- 1970s Soviet television series
- Vladimir Vysotsky
- 1979 in the Soviet Union
- 1970s television miniseries
- Cultural depictions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Cultural depictions of Antonio Salieri
- 1970s Soviet films
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