Forgotten Tune for the Flute (1987)
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134 min
A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate’s sections felt unwell one day: the forty-year-old man had a pain in his heart. This unpleasant incident provided an opportunity to meet a nurse named Lida. However, their stormy love affair ended, with Filimonov returning to normal life and an unloved wife.
- Release date
- October 1, 1987
- Country of origin
- Russia
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Cast
- Leonid Filatov as Leonid Filimonov
- Tatyana Dogileva as Lida- medsestra
- Irina Kupchenko as Yelena Fyodorovna
- Vsevolod Sanaev as Yaroslav Stepanovich
- Olga Volkova as Yevgeniya Surova
- Sergey Artsibashev as Aleksey Yakimovich
- Aleksandr Shirvindt as Myasoyedov
- Valentin Gaft as Odinokov
- Elena Mayorova as Lyusya
- Vatslav Dvorzhetsky as Semyon Filimonov - otets Leonida
- Yelena Fadeyeva as Leonid's mother
- Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy as Sasha
- Pyotr Merkurev as choir director from Tambov
- Evgeniy Voskresenskiy as Kirill
- Nina Agapova as Tatyana Georgievna
- Tatyana Gavrilova as episode
- Vasiliy Kupriyanov as episode
Crew
- Eldar Ryazanov · Director
- Emil Braginskiy · Writer
- Eldar Ryazanov · Writer
- Leonid Vereshchagin · Producer
- Andrey Petrov · Composer
- Vadim Alisov · Cinematographer
- Valeriya Belova · Editor
- Aleksandr Borisov · Production designer