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A Lover's Romance

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A Lover's Romance
Directed byAndrei Konchalovsky
Written byYevgeny Grigoriev
Produced byAlexandra Demidova
StarringYevgeny Kindinov
Iya Savvina
Yelena Koreneva
Irina Kupchenko
Innokenty Smoktunovsky
CinematographyLevan Paatashvili
Edited byValentina Kulagina
Music byAlexander Gradsky
Production
company
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
135 min.
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

A Lover's Romance or Romance for Lovers (Russian: Романс о влюблённых, romanizedRomans o vlyublyonnykh) is a 1974 Soviet musical romantic drama directed by Andrei Konchalovsky.[1]

Plot

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Sergei and Tanya are in love with each other. Sergei is drafted into the marine corps and Tania waits for his return. Sergei's division is abandoned in favor of helping local residents in distress. During the operation, his armored personnel gets carried into the sea. His relatives receive a notice of his death. Tanya's loving childhood friend, a hockey player, helps her to cope with misfortune and she marries him.

But it turned out that Sergei did not perish. He, together with a wounded friend he saved, are found on a deserted island after a long winter. Back home, Sergei learns that Tanya has married another. Unable to accept the loss of his beloved, Sergei dies; but this death is a symbolic and emotional one, not physical. Sergei continues to live a normal life without shock and strong distress, meets another girl, marries her, has a child. In the finale there is a spiritual rebirth of the hero.

Cast

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Awards

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In 1974 the film received the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Романс о влюблённых". VokrugTV.
  2. ^ "History 19th festival". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
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