Drama ·Romance ·Comedy · Soviet Union · 1987 · 2h 14m

Forgotten Tune for the Flute

Забытая мелодия для флейты

Director

Cast

Leonid Filatov as Leonid Semyonovich Filimonov Tatyana Dogileva as Lida Irina Kupchenko as Elena Fedorovna Vsevolod Sanayev as Yaroslav Stepanovich Olga Volkova as Evgenia Danilovna Surova Sergei Artsybashev as Aleksey Yakimovich

Crew

Vadim Alisov — Director of Photography Valeriya Belova — Editor Andrey Petrov — Original Music Composer Emil Braginskiy — Writer Eldar Ryazanov — Writer Aleksandr Borisov — Production Design

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Eldar Ryazanov Director Vadim Alisov Director of Photography Valeriya Belova Editor Andrey Petrov Original Music Composer Emil Braginskiy Writer Eldar Ryazanov Writer Aleksandr Borisov Production Design Natalya Ivanova Costume Design

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