Spring (Vesna) (1947)
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Heavily influenced by Hollywood musicals, the Soviet tunefest Spring won several awards for its director, the prolific Grigory Alexandrov. Not surprisingly, the leading role went directly to Alexandrov's wife, popular film personality Lyubov Orlova. Actually, Orlova essays the leading roles,… More Heavily influenced by Hollywood musicals, the Soviet tunefest Spring won several awards for its director, the prolific Grigory Alexandrov. Not surprisingly, the leading role went directly to Alexandrov's wife, popular film personality Lyubov Orlova. Actually, Orlova essays the leading roles, since the story is a mistaken-identity affair involving a female scientist named Irina and her lookalike, a Bolshoi dancer named Vera. When a Russian film studio announces plans to film Irina's life story, Vera is chosen to play the role, leading to a wacky comedy of errors. Though unimpressed by Spring, American reviewers were at least grateful that the film wasn't a podium for Communist ideology. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Grigori Aleksandrov
- Genres
- Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 13, 1948 Wide
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Cast
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Lyubov Orlova
as Irina Nikitina/Vera Shayrova Shatrova
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Nikolai Cherkasov
as Arkady Gromov
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Nikolai Konovalov
as Mukhin
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Mikhail Sidorkin
as Nikolai Roschin
- Vasiliy Zaychikov
- Rostislav Plyatt
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Faina Ranevskaya
as Nikitina's Housekeeper
- Georgy Yumatov
- Boris Petker
- Rina Zelenaya
- Tatyana Guretskaya
- Valentina Telegina
- Mikhail Troyanovsky
- Alexei Konsovsky
