Winter Evening in Gagra

Winter Evening in Gagra
Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov[1]
Produced by Vladimir Klimenko
Written by Alexander Borodyansky
Karen Shakhnazarov
Starring Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev
Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy
Natalya Gundareva
Sergei Nikonenko
Music by Anatoly Kroll
Cinematography Vladimir Shevtsik [2]
Edited by Lydia Milioti
Production
companies
Release date
  • 25 December 1985 (1985-12-25) (Soviet Union)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

Winter Evening in Gagra (Russian: Зимний вечер в Гаграх, translit. Zimniy vecher v Gagrakh) is a 1985 musical film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.

Plot

Rapid rhythm and playful virtuoso improvisation - that's what tap dance is. The protagonist of the film who once was a famous tap dancer, an idol of the public, lives today modestly and discreetly. He is a dance tutor for pop groups where the other stars shine.

And suddenly everything changes: the old artist suddenly remembers his youth. A somewhat strange encounter with a young man who comes with a broken leg affects him; the man asks to be taught the tap dance beat.

Cast

Creation history

According to the testimony of Karen Shakhnazarov, Winter Evening in Gagra became a kind of continuation of his previous film We Are from Jazz. She was a tap-tutor Aleksey Bystrov, who died during the filming of the film. He became the prototype of the main character of the Winter Evening in Gagra Beglov, his fate served as the basis for the plot of the picture. In his youth, Bystrov worked in Alexandrov Ensemble, in 1949 he became a laureate of the Second International Ballet Competition in Budapest[1].

References

  1. 1 2 3 Карен Шахназаров. Жизнь коротка!
  2. ↑ Soviet Screen No. 7. — М., 1980.
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