Wartime Romance
Wartime Romance (Russian: Военно-полевой роман, romanized: Voenno-polevoy roman) is a 1983 Soviet film directed by Pyotr Todorovsky. It tells the story of a soldier and a nurse separated by World War II and briefly reunited in 1950.[1]
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| Directed by | Pyotr Todorovsky |
| Written by | Pyotr Todorovsky |
| Starring | Nikolai Burlyayev Natalya Andrejchenko Inna Churikova |
| Music by | Pyotr Todorovsky Igor Kantyukov |
| Cinematography | Valery Blinov |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
Sasha is a former Red Army soldier married to a teacher and attending a university. He also works as a motion picture operator at a local theatre. One winter day he meets a gruffish woman street vendor with a child. Sasha recognizes her to be Lyuba, a former military nurse he worshipped during the war. He starts dating her and looking after her child. After learning about their affair, Sasha's wife invites Lyuba to their kommunalka and throws a little party for the lovers.
Sasha proves to be too mild-mannered to keep Lyuba under control once she regained her former beauty and self-esteem. She starts a relationship with a local Communist party official. Sasha eventually comes to understand that Lyuba is not the ideal woman he once thought her to be. He is reunited with his patient wife.
Cast
- Nikolai Burlyayev as Netuzhilin
- Natalya Andrejchenko as Lyuba
- Inna Churikova as Vera
- Yekaterina Yudina as Kat'ka
- Zinovy Gerdt as Administrator
- Yelena Kozelkova as Administrator's wife
- Viktor Proskurin as Novikov
- Vsevolod Shilovsky as Grisha
- Aleksandr Martynov as Kombat
- Natalya Chenchik as Lotochnitsa
- Vladimir Yuryev as Malyanov
- Vyacheslav Dubrovin as Terekhin
Awards and nominations
- The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[2]
- Inna Churikova won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
See also
- List of submissions to the 57th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- Anna Lawton Kinoglasnost: Soviet Cinema in Our Time 1992 0521388147 p.42 "Quite different in tone are the films of Pyotr Todorovsky, Waiting for Love (1983) and A Wartime Romance (1984). These are delightfully unpretentious comedies, ..."
- "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- "Berlinale: 1984 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-06.