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Dark Eyes (1987) More at IMDbPro »Oci ciornie (original title)

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Director:
Nikita Mikhalkov
Writers:
Aleksandr Adabashyan (story) and
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Release Date:
November 1987 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Romance | Drama See more »
Plot:
Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 7 nominations See more »
User Reviews:
sublime Marcello Mastroianni See more (11 total) »

Cast

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Marcello Mastroianni ... Romano

Marthe Keller ... Tina, Romano's Mistress
Yelena Safonova ... Anna Sergeyevna, Governor's Wife (as Elena Sofonova)
Pina Cei ... Elisa's Mother
Vsevolod Larionov ... Pavel (Russian Ship Passenger)
Innokenti Smoktunovsky ... Il Governarore di Sisoiev (as Innochentij Smoktunovskj)
Roberto Herlitzka ... L'Avvocato
Paolo Baroni ... Manlio
Oleg Tabakov ... Sua Grazia
Yuri Bogatyryov ... Il Maresciallo (as Jury Bogatiriov)
Dmitri Zolotukhin ... Konstantin (as Dimitri Zolothuchin)
Silvana Mangano ... Elisa (Romano's Wife)
Jean-Pierre Bardos ... Ospite sdraiato (as J. Pierre Bardos)
Nino Bignamini ... L'acquirente
Maria Grazia Bon ... Sua moglie
Mauro Brusini ... Il prestigiatore
Elgudzha Burduli ... Il cuoco della nave
Pierluigi Cervetti ... Il maestro di ginnastica (as P. Luigi Cervetti)
Francesco De Rosa ... Un ospite
Aleksandr Filippenko ... 3e Funzionario Pietroburgo (as Alexandre Filipenko)
Isa Gallinelli ... La padrona della pensione
Sergio Grimblad ... L'interprete
Pavel Kadochnikov ... 1e Funzionario Pietroburgo (as Pavel Kadocnikov)
Larisa Kuznetsova ... La moglie del maresciallo (as Larissa Kusnezova)
Avangard Leontev ... 2e Funzionario Pietroburgo (as Avangard Leontiev)
Evelina Meghnagi ... La cantante delle Terme (as Evelina Megnagi)
Renzo Marignano ... Il Generale
Loredana Martínez ... La paffutella (as Loredana Martinez)
Maria Grazia Nazzari ... L'Ufficiale ferito
Riccardo Parisio Perrotti ... Dodò
Ivana Rumor ... La dietologa
Lyubov Rudneva ... La cameriera di Sisoev) (as Liuba Rudneva)
Carola Stagnaro ... La professoressa di slavistica
Max Turilli ... Il padre tedesco
Francesca Ventura ... Innamorata dell'ufficiale
Olga Voshchilina ... La figlia di Konstantin (as Olia Voscilina)
Jasa ... Il cagnolino
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aleksandr Adabashyan ... Nurses at the sanatorium
Mikhail Buzylyov-Kretso
Aleksei Kuznetsov ... The Gentleman From Suite Marshal of the Nobility
Gennadi Matveyev ... Chief of Police
Aleksandr Pyatkov
Dmitriy Buzylyov-Kretso ... Uno zingaro (uncredited)

Isabella Rossellini ... La Signora (uncredited)
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Directed by
Nikita Mikhalkov  (as Nikita Michalkov)
 
Writing credits
Aleksandr Adabashyan (story and screenplay) (as Alexandre Adabascian) and
Nikita Mikhalkov (story and screenplay) (as Nikita Michalkov)

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (scenario collaborator)

Anton Chekhov (short stories) (as Anton P. Cechov)

Produced by
Anna Maria Cerrato .... co-executive producer
Anna Maria Cerrato .... delegate producer: RAI
Carlo Cucchi .... producer
Silvia D'Amico Bendico .... producer (as Silvia D'Amico Bendicò)
Gilbert Marouani .... associate producer
Giovanna Romagnoli .... assistant producer
 
Original Music by
Francis Lai 
 
Cinematography by
Franco Di Giacomo 
 
Film Editing by
Enzo Meniconi 
 
Production Design by
Aleksandr Adabashyan  (as Alexandre Adabascian)
Mario Garbuglia 
 
Set Decoration by
Carlo Gervasi 
 
Costume Design by
Carlo Diappi 
 
Production Management
Vittorio Noia .... executive in charge of production
Nicola Venditti .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rinaldo Ricci .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Gaetano Carito .... sound mixer
Marco Di Biase .... sound recordist
Federico Savina .... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Roberto Brega .... camera operator
Valerio Giannetti .... still photographer
Claudio Sabatini .... assistant camera
 
Music Department
Laurent Ferlet .... musician
Laurent Ferlet .... piano
Christian Gaubert .... conductor
Christian Gaubert .... music arranger
 
Other crew
Francesco Pietro Germi .... script supervisor (as Francesco P. Germi)
Roland Romanelli .... synthesizer
 
Thanks
Jacqueline Roque .... thanks for collaboration (as Jacqueline Picasso)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Oci ciornie" - Italy (original title)
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Runtime:
117 min
Country:
Italy | USA | Soviet Union
Language:
Italian | Russian | French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:PG | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Sweden:7
Filming Locations:
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, ItalySee more »
Company:
Excelsior Film-TVSee more »

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Movie Connections:
Featured in Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (1997)See more »

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25 out of 26 people found the following review useful.
sublime Marcello Mastroianni, 26 December 2002
Author: Sun-Hyoung Kim from Coventry, England

I consider this movie a masterpiece. The performance of Marcello Mastroianni is simply sublime, one of the best I have ever seen from anyone, anywhere. Yes, the surface plot is about adultery, but the story is much more than that. I think this is a story about a man, an old man near the end of his life, looking back on his playboy, vagabond, good-for-nothing life, regretting it, but not knowing any other way to live. "Mother's lullaby and the Russian mist" is all he remembers about his own life, he says. Watch this old man cry, and it stirs you with all kinds of emotions and thoughts, makes you think about how you should live, that tragedy happens everyday, to every small man who must fend for himself and fail. You tell yourself you will never be like him, you pity him, disrespect him, despise him, but in the end you understand this man in the most profound sense. And you will never be able to forget that Russian mist either. Superb.

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