Aleksandr IVANOVSKY
Александр ИВАНОВСКИЙ
Aleksandr IVANOVSKI
Herbert RAPPAPORT
Герберт РАППАПОРТ
Herbert RAPPAPORT
USSR, 1940, 83mn 
Black and white, fiction
A Musical Story
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Музыкальная история

 

 Histoire musicale

 Musykalnaya istoriya

 
Directed by : Aleksandr IVANOVSKY (Александр ИВАНОВСКИЙ), Herbert RAPPAPORT (Герберт РАППАПОРТ)
Writing credits : Georgi MUNBLIT (Георгий МУНБЛИТ), Evgeniy PETROV (Евгений ПЕТРОВ)
 
Cast
Zoya FEDOROVA (Зоя ФЕДОРОВА)
Sergey FILIPPOV (Сергей ФИЛИППОВ)
Erast GARIN (Эраст ГАРИН)
Nikolay KONOVALOV (Николай КОНОВАЛОВ)
Sergey LEMESHEV (Сергей ЛЕМЕШЕВ)
 
Cinematography : Arkadi KOLTSATY (Аркадий КОЛЬЦАТЫЙ)
Songs : Sergey LEMESHEV (Сергей ЛЕМЕШЕВ)
Production design : Semyon MANDEL (Семён МАНДЕЛЬ)
Sound : Ivan DMITRIEV (Иван ДМИТРИЕВ)
Production : Lenfilm
Spectators : 17,9 millions of spectators
Release date in Russia : 24/10/1940
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk
Plot synopsis
The picture is focused on the taxi driver Petya Govorkov who possesses a beautiful strong voice and becomes a professional singer.
The authors of the film were honored the Stalin’s Prize of the USSR.
 
Commentaries
 
Reviews on Kinopoisk
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Soviet comedies, (kinoglaz.fr), 2024
- Soviet musicals, (kinoglaz.fr), 2023
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2008
- Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 2006
- Gels et dégels, une autre histoire du cinéma soviétique (1926-1968), Paris (kinoglaz.fr), 2002
- Film Festival Locarno, Locarno (Switzerland), 2000
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