A beautiful Russian ballerina (Goldie Hawn) falls in love with an American news correspondent (Hal Holbrook). The K.G.B. is most displeased, and does everything it can to break them up.
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Title: The Girl from Petrovka (1974)
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| Goldie Hawn | ... | Oktyabrina | |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | Joe | |
| Anthony Hopkins | ... | Kostya | |
| Grégoire Aslan | ... | Minister | |
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Anton Dolin | ... | Ignatievitch |
| Bruno Wintzell | ... | Alexander | |
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Zoran Andric | ... | Leonid |
| Hanna Landy | ... | Judge (as Hanna Hertelendy) | |
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Maria Sukolov | ... | Old Crone |
| Zitto Kazann | ... | Passport Black Marketeer | |
| Inger Stratton | ... | Helga Van Dam (as Inger Jensen) | |
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Raymond O'Keefe | ... | Minister's Driver |
| Richard Marner | ... | Kremlin Press Official | |
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Michael Janisch | ... | Police Chief Valinikov |
| Harry Towb | ... | American Reporter | |
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A beautiful Russian ballerina (Goldie Hawn) falls in love with an American news correspondent (Hal Holbrook). The K.G.B. is most displeased, and does everything it can to break them up.
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A Russian girl, an American reporter, the love they shared ...and the country that made it impossible. See more »Parents Guide:
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Joe: Um... , uh... , you tell me.
Minister's Driver: Alcoholism!
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London's "Sunday Telegraph" newspaper sent source novelist George Feifer to Vienna, Austria to cover the movie's filming, whereupon, according to Feifer, a production unit secretary allegedly scolded him when he reached for a copy of the production schedule. Feifer recalled the dialogue that ensued: "Who do you think you are?", "I...I wrote the novel", "What novel? So what?" See more »Quotes
Minister's Driver: What is transitional period from socialism to communism?Joe: Um... , uh... , you tell me.
Minister's Driver: Alcoholism!
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28 February 1975 (Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
The Girl from Petrovka See more »Filming Locations:
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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A romantic Tragedy with comic elements, this underrated early Goldie Hawn feature is set in Russia during the Cold War (a very serious and cynical place). Goldie's conflicted character, Oktyabrina, appears mostly as a silly young woman, beautiful but fickle. While she is very interested in older men, there are also signs that she has been deeply hurt by them. Through most of the movie she is a puzzle and a pain, especially to her co-star (Hal Holbrook as Joe, an older American journalist), who has trouble seeing through her carefree facade. What is wrong with her? Does she feel unworthy? Is she too jaded? Can she overcome her issues? Her behavior regarding willingness to risk and sacrifice is both fascinating and informative. But perhaps Soviet Russia is simply too brutal a place for love. Will Joe give up on her?
A good 'chick flick', this film also has interesting Cold War elements such as "official truth" (pravda) and the relationships between Oktyabrina's men which lead me to rate it as a 'date movie' also. Definitely worth seeing, this love story breaks the stereotype, showing a woman running from intimacy. Simultaneously, it examines the timeless question 'if you can't feel innocent, how can you fall in love?'