Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

• Director: Vladimir Menshov
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• Genre: Comedy Drama
• Movie Type: Melodrama, Urban Drama
• Themes: Women's Friendship, Success is the Best Revenge, Class Differences
• Main Cast: Vera Alentova, Irina Muravyeva, Raisa Ryazanova, Alexander Fatyushin, Natalya Vavilova, Alexei Batalov
• Release Year: 1979
• Country: SU
• Run Time: 145 minutes

Plot

Moscow of the late '50s is the initial setting for this movie of three young girls out for love -- the upwardly mobile Lyuda (Irina Muravyova), the secure Tonya (Raisa Ryazanova) and the head-over-heels Katya (Vera Alentova). The film re-engages the trio 20 years later, focusing on their varied life changes. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears received the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1980. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Vera Alentova - Katerina
• Irina Muravyeva - Ludmilla
• Raisa Ryazanova - Antonina
• Alexander Fatyushin
• Natalya Vavilova
• Alexei Batalov - Goscha

Boris Smorchkov - Nikolaj; Yuri Vasilyev - Rudolf; Oleg Tabakov - Volodja; Yelena Khanaeva; Valentina Ushakova; Victor Uralsky - Nikolaj's Father; Zoya Fedorova; Liya Akhedzhakova; Innokenty Smoktunovsky - Himself; Yuri Vasityer; Georgy Yumatov - Himself

Credit

Vladimir Menshov - Director, Igor Slabnevich - Cinematographer, Valentin Chernykh - Screenwriter

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