A Slave of Love (1976)
"Raba lyubvi" (original title)

Olga Voznesenskaya is a silent screen star whose pictures are so popular that underground revolutionaries risk capture to see them. She's in southern Russia filming a tear-jerker as the ... See full summary »

Director:

Nikita Mikhalkov

Writers:

Fridrikh Gorenshtein, Andrey Konchalovskiy

Stars:

Elena Solovey, Rodion Nahapetov, Aleksandr Kalyagin

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Elena Solovey	...	Olga Nikolayevna Voznesenskaya
Rodion Nahapetov	...	Victor Pototsky (as Rodion Nakhapetov)
Aleksandr Kalyagin	...	Kalyagin
Oleg Basilashvili	...	Yuzhakov
Konstantin Grigoryev	...	Fedotov
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yuri Bogatyryov	...	Maksakov
Mikhail Chigaryov
Valentin Komissarov	...	(as V. Kommissarov)
Vera Kuznetsova	...	Lyubov Andreevna
Nikita Mikhalkov
Nikolai Pastukhov	...	Writer
Gotlib Roninson
Evgeniy Steblov
Inna Ulyanova
Vadim Vilsky

Storyline

Olga Voznesenskaya is a silent screen star whose pictures are so popular that underground revolutionaries risk capture to see them. She's in southern Russia filming a tear-jerker as the Bolsheviks get closer to Moscow. Although married, she spends time every day with Victor Pototsky, the film's cameraman. Gradually, it comes to light that Victor uses his job as a cover for filming White atrocities and Red heroism: he's a Bolshevik. He asks her for help, and she discovers meaning in her otherwise flighty and self-centered life. Love blooms. Will the Red forces arrive in time to save them from a suspicious White military leader? Will she find courage?

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Plot Keywords:

bolshevik | russia | cameraman | revolutionary | atrocity | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

September 1976 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

Bondage of Love

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Sovcolor) Black and White (archive footage) (one scene)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Spun-off from Nechayannye radosti (1972)

User Reviews

One of the movies when everything comes together

The good old Mikhalkov-Adabashian-Lebeshev trio means that you get expert - and a bit Western- directing, masterly done design and great camerawork. The cast is superb. There is a great deal of suspense in this movie although the counter-espionage is a mere backdrop for a more reflective look at human nature during the trials and tribulations of love and war.