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Forgotten Melody for a Flute

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Forgotten Melody for a Flute
Directed byEldar Ryazanov
Written byEmil Braginsky (play and screenplay)
Eldar Ryazanov (play and screenplay)
Produced byLeonid Vereshchagin
StarringLeonid Filatov
Tatyana Dogileva
Irina Kupchenko
Valentin Gaft
Vsevolod Sanayev
Olga Volkova
Music byAndrey Petrov
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
134 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Forgotten Melody for a Flute (Russian: Забытая мелодия для флейты, romanizedZabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty) is a 1987 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film's plot is based on the stage play of the same name written by Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky.[1]

Plot

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It tells the story of a former musician who must make a hard choice between freedom with his mistress and a comfortable life with his wife. Previously, he was a student of a conservatory and a good flute player and now is the husband of an important man's daughter. Himself he is the head of one of the units of the Main Directorate. One day Leonid Semenovich Filimonov feels a physical discomfort; his heart aches, and he is not even forty years old. This unpleasant incident provides an opportunity to get acquainted with Lida – a young nurse from the departmental clinic which becomes a start of a whirlwind romance.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Эльдар Рязанов. Ирония судьбы, или…". Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
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