Igor MASLENNIKOV
Игорь МАСЛЕННИКОВ
Igor MASLENNIKOV
USSR, 1985, 91mn 
Colour, fiction
The Winter Cherry
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Зимняя вишня

 

 La Cerise d’hiver

 Zimnyaya Vishnya

 
Directed by : Igor MASLENNIKOV (Игорь МАСЛЕННИКОВ)
Writing credits : Vladimir VALUTSKY (Владимир ВАЛУЦКИЙ)
 
Cast
Ivars KALNINS (Иварс КАЛНЫНЬШ) ...Herbert
Alla OSIPENKO (Алла ОСИПЕНКО)
Sergey PARSHIN (Сергей ПАРШИН)
Nina RUSLANOVA (Нина РУСЛАНОВА) ...Larissa
Yelena SAFONOVA (Елена САФОНОВА) ...Olia
Vitali SOLOMIN (Виталий СОЛОМИН) ...Vadim
Larisa UDOVICHENKO (Лариса УДОВИЧЕНКО) ...Valia
 
Cinematography : Yuri VEKSLER (Юрий ВЕКСЛЕР)
Production design : Bella MANEVICH-KAPLAN (Белла МАНЕВИЧ-КАПЛАН)
Music : Vladimir DASHKEVICH (Владимир ДАШКЕВИЧ)
Sound : Asia ZVEREVA (Ася ЗВЕРЕВА)
Production : Lenfilm
Spectators : 32,1 millions of spectators
Release date in Russia : 21/10/1985
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
Olga lives alone with her five year old son, and cherishes the hope that she will be happy with Vadim, the man she loves. But he is married and their rare hasty meetings leave Olga with bitter feelings of resentment. One day, a real prince charming, Herbert, appears in Olga's life. He is intelligent, handsome and well-off. Only when he offers her marriage, doesVadim realize what he is loosing, but…
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Vingt grandes réalisations des studios Lenfilm, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2024
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 1999