Winter Evening in Gagra

Winter Evening in Gagra
Directed by	Karen Shakhnazarov
Written by	Alexander Borodyansky Karen Shakhnazarov
Produced by	Vladimir Klimenko
Starring	Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy Natalya Gundareva Sergei Nikonenko
Cinematography	Vladimir Shevtsik
Edited by	Lydia Milioti
Music by	Anatoly Kroll
Release date	25 December 1985 (1985-12-25) (Soviet Union)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Winter Evening in Gagra (Russian: Зимний вечер в Гаграх, romanized: Zimniy vecher v Gagrakh) is a 1985 musical film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.

Plot

Rapid rhythm and playful virtuoso improvisation - that's what tap dance is. The protagonist of the film who once was a famous tap dancer, an idol of the public, lives today modestly and discreetly. He is a dance tutor for pop groups where the other stars shine.

And suddenly everything changes: the old artist suddenly remembers his youth. A somewhat strange encounter with a young man who comes with a broken leg affects him; the man asks to be taught the tap dance beat.

Cast

• Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Aleksey Ivanovich Beglov
• Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny as Arkady Grachev
• Natalya Gundareva as Irina Melnikova, singer
• Sergei Nikonenko as Valentin Fomenko, choreographer
• Pyotr Shcherbakov as Alexander Alexandrovich, administrator
• Georgy Burkov as Fyodor, bartender
• Aleksandr Shirvindt as presenter
• Mikhail Derzhavin (episode)

Creation history

According to the testimony of Karen Shakhnazarov, Winter Evening in Gagra became a kind of continuation of his previous film We Are from Jazz. She was a tap-tutor Aleksey Bystrov, who died during the filming of the film. He became the prototype of the main character of the Winter Evening in Gagra Beglov, his fate served as the basis for the plot of the picture. In his youth, Bystrov worked in Alexandrov Ensemble, in 1949 he became a laureate of the Second International Ballet Competition in Budapest.

External links

• Winter Evening in Gagra at IMDb