Mary Poppins, Goodbye
| Mary Poppins, Goodbye (Мэри Поппинс, до свиданья!) | |
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| Directed by | Leonid Kvinikhidze |
| Written by | Vladimir Valutsky |
| Cinematography | Valentin Piganov, Eduard Kerch |
| Music by | Maksim Dunayevsky |
Production company | |
Release date | 1983 |
Running time | 141 min. |
| Country | Template:FilmUSSR |
| Language | Russian |
Mary Poppins, Goodbye (Russian: Мэри Поппинс, до свиданья!; [Meri Poppins, do svidan'ya] Error: {{Transliteration}}: missing language / script code (help)) is a Soviet 1983 two-part musical miniseries (part 1 "Lady Perfection", part 2 "Week ends on Wednesday"), directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze. It is loosely based on Mary Poppins stories by Pamela L. Travers. The TV series were ordered by the Gosteleradio of USSR and produced by Mosfilm. The official television premier was on January 8, 1984.
Cast
- Natalya Andrejchenko as Mary Poppins (vocals by Tatyana Voronina)
- Albert Filozov as Mr. Banks
- Lembit Ulfsak as Mr. Hey (Robertson), poet and composer (vocals by Pavel Smeyan)
- Oleg Tabakov as Miss Andrew
- Larisa Udovichenko as Mrs. Banks
- Filipp Rukavishnikov as Boy (Michael)
- Anna Plisetskaya as Girl (Jane)
- Irina Skobtseva as Ms. Lark, dog owner
- Zinovi Gerdt as Admiral Boom
- Marina Nudga as Ma'am Corrie
- Gali Abajdulov as Sir Ludovic
- Semyon Sokolovsky as elderly gentleman
- Igor Yasulovich as Park cleaner
- Pavel Babakov as Butcher
- Leonid Kanevsky as Bob Goodetty
- Yuri Moroz as Postman
- Ilya Rutberg as Official
- Eduard Levin as Policeman
- V. Kārkliņš as Marble boy
- Anatoli Gorokhov (voice only)
Production
- Screenplay by Vladimir Valutsky
- Original music score by Maksim Dunayevsky, lyrics by Naum Olev
- Score by State Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography, conducted by Sergei Skripka
- Director of cinematography Valentin Piganov
- Set decorator Viktor Petrov
Leonid Kvinikhidze reported in an interview later that his intention was not a film for kids, but for adults. The fact that it was very kindly met by children was unexpected for him.
Pop-music material was recorded by Voskreseniye with a setup consisting of Vadim Golutvin (guitar), Petr Podgorodetskiy (keyboard), and Vladimir Voronin (drums).
Interesting facts
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- Anna Plisetskaya (Jane) is a niece of Maya Plisetskaya.
- Michael's tape recorder plays Robert Palmer's hit Looking for Clues (1980).
- There is a poster in Robertson's room for a 1982 film Invitation au voyage.
- In the fire scene, London fire brigade arrives on red KAMAZes
- Miss Andrew goes in the Bank by Taxi by car, like Nissan Laurel for LHD traffic generation 70s.
- Miss Andrew arrives from airport and return by Mercedes-Benz W115.
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