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The City of First Love

The City of First Love

Genres

Drama

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The film tells about the inhabitants of the Russian city of Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad-Volgograd. The film consists of three novellas, united by the theme of love and the scene - a city on the Volga.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

9/10

Release Date

02 March 1971

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Yelena Alekina

Yelena Alekina

Lena

Boris Galkin

Boris Galkin

Filipp

Mariya Vandova

Mariya Vandova

Student

Vladimir Grigoryev

Vladimir Grigoryev

Boy

Natalya Gvozdikova

Natalya Gvozdikova

Tanya Preobrazhenskaya

Nikolai Kasymzhanov

Nikolai Kasymzhanov

Musa Usumbaliyev

Natalya Yegorova

Natalya Yegorova

Vika

Aleksandr Neymyshev

Aleksandr Neymyshev

Tolya

Lidiya Konstantinova

Lidiya Konstantinova

Lilya

Vladimir Nosik

Vladimir Nosik

Lieutenant

Olga Ostroumova

Olga Ostroumova

Nyura

Yuri Orlov

Yuri Orlov

Semyon

Mariya Odintsova

Mariya Odintsova

She

Konstantin Sorokin

Konstantin Sorokin

Ivan Khristoforovich

Yelena Fetisenko

Yelena Fetisenko

Girl

Stanislav Sadalskiy

Stanislav Sadalskiy

Vladik Sergeyev

Aleksandr Solovyov

Aleksandr Solovyov

Teenager

Leonid Filatov

Leonid Filatov

Borya

Alexander Kaletski

Alexander Kaletski

He

Aleksandr Yakunin

Aleksandr Yakunin

Sportsman

Valentina Berezutskaya

Valentina Berezutskaya

Lena's Mother

Volodymyr Oleksiyenko

Volodymyr Oleksiyenko

Semyon's Father

Mariya Vinogradova

Mariya Vinogradova

Tractor Factory Builder

Sergey Vanyashkin

Sergey Vanyashkin

Murashkin

Vladimir Vozzhennikov

Vladimir Vozzhennikov

преподаватель

Galina Komarova

Galina Komarova

Masha

Vladimir Gorelov

Vladimir Gorelov

Doctor

Lev Durov

Lev Durov

Commissar

Mikhail Pogorzhelsky

Mikhail Pogorzhelsky

Doctor

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