Song of Russia (1944)Director:Gregory Ratoff |
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Song of Russia (1944)Director:Gregory Ratoff |
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| Robert Taylor | ... |
John Meredith
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Susan Peters | ... |
Nadya Stepanova
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John Hodiak | ... |
Boris Bulganov
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Robert Benchley | ... |
Hank Higgins
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Felix Bressart | ... |
Petrov
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Michael Chekhov | ... |
Ivan Stepanov
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| Darryl Hickman | ... |
Peter Bulganov
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| Jacqueline White | ... |
Anna Bulganov
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Patricia Prest | ... |
Stasha Bulganov
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Joan Lorring | ... |
Sonia
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Vladimir Sokoloff | ... |
Alexander Meschkov
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Leo Mostovoy | ... |
Yanovich
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Leo Bulgakov | ... |
Professor Faber
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Zoia Karabanova | ... |
Natasha Bulganov
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Konstantin Shayne | ... |
Wounded Soldier
(as Konstantine Shayne)
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This was the first film that I can recall seeing, way back in the 1940s. I was about 6 or 7 years old at the time (I'm now 66). I can remember nothing of the rose-tinted picture of Stalin's Russia described in John Barnes' comments.
In fact, I can recall little of the plot, other than that it featured an orchestral conductor and extracts from Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto. Thus, the film introduced me to Tchaikovsky and classical music and, for that, I am eternally grateful.