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An Old-Fashioned Comedy

An Old-Fashioned Comedy

1980 1h 32mDramaRomance

The meeting between the chief physician of the sanatorium Rodion Nikolayevich and the patient Lydia Vasilievna begins with a conflict: the woman managed to break the sanatorium regime in the very first days of her stay. However, soon the acquaintance of two middle-aged people turns into friendship, and then into mutual sympathy.

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Synopsis

The meeting between the chief physician of the sanatorium Rodion Nikolayevich and the patient Lydia Vasilievna begins with a conflict: the woman managed to break the sanatorium regime in the very first days of her stay. However, soon the acquaintance of two middle-aged people turns into friendship, and then into mutual sympathy.

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Era SavelyevaEra SavelyevaDirectorTatyana BerezantsevaTatyana BerezantsevaDirectorVladimir ZheleznikovVladimir ZheleznikovWriterAleksei ArbuzovAleksei ArbuzovWriterMikael TariverdievMikael TariverdievComposerBoris KocherovCinematography

Cast

Alisa FreyndlikhAlisa FreyndlikhLidiya Vasilyevna
Igor VladimirovIgor VladimirovRodion Nikolayevich
Tamara SovchiTamara Sovchibarmaid (uncredited)
Boris TokarevBoris TokarevLidiya Vasilyevna's son (uncredited)
Galina Besedinasinger in a cafe (uncredited)

Director

Era Savelyeva, Tatyana Berezantseva

Writers

Vladimir Zheleznikov, Aleksei Arbuzov

Release date

11 Feb 1980

Runtime

1h 32m

Studio

Mosfilm

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

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