A Slave of Love (1976)

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 Gorenshteyn (screenplay) (as F. Gorenshteyn), Andrey Konchalovskiy (screenplay) (as A. Mikhalkov-Konchalovskiy)

Stars:

Elena Solovey, Rodion Nahapetov, Aleksandr Kalyagin

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Elena Solovey	...	Olga Nikolayevna Voznesenskaya
Rodion Nahapetov	...	Viktor Pototskiy (as Rodion Nakhapetov)
Aleksandr Kalyagin	...	Aleksandr Kalyagin
Oleg Basilashvili	...	Savva Yuzhakov
Konstantin Grígoryev	...	Nikolay Fedotov (as Konstantin Grigorev)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aleksandr Adabashyan	...	Rezhisyor nemogo kino (as A. Abadashyan)
O. Alekseyeva
Yuriy Bogatyryov	...	Vladimir Maksakov (as Yu. Bogatyryov)
N. Bukharova
Mikhail Chigaryov	...	Vyalin (as M. Chigaryov)
Sergey Frolov	...	Muzh aktrisy (as S. Frolov)
Boris Galkin	...	(as B. Galkin)
A. Geller
A. Khomutova
Igor Klass	...	(as I. Klass)

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 | revolutionary | love | cameraman | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

27 September 1976 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

Bondage of Love

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

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

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jack Nicholson and Monte Hellman praised "Slave Of Love" highly and actively tried to get more people to see it.

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Connections

Spun-off from Nechayannye radosti (1972)

User Reviews

Mikhalkov was showing what he would later bring to "Burnt by the Sun"

"Raba lyubvi" - called "Slave of Love" in English - portrays silent screen star Olga Voznesenskaya (Yelena Solovey) getting caught up in the 1917 revolution. She's trying to reconnect with a former lover, but the surrounding events complicate everything. What the movie's title shows is that Olga is not only a slave of love, but also of world events, of her career, and of her fans (I guess that even under communism - or whatever it was - people turn into celebrity fetishists!). As often happens in Soviet-era movies, there's a lot of exaggerated facial expressions. Director Nikita Mikhalkov appears as a waiter.