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Karnaval

  • 1982
  • 2h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.2K
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Irina Muravyova in Karnaval (1982)
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A coming-of-age story about a small town girl's struggle to become an actress in Soviet Moscow.A coming-of-age story about a small town girl's struggle to become an actress in Soviet Moscow.A coming-of-age story about a small town girl's struggle to become an actress in Soviet Moscow.

  • Director
    • Tatyana Lioznova
  • Writers
    • Tatyana Lioznova
    • Anna Rodionova
  • Stars
    • Irina Muravyova
    • Yuriy Yakovlev
    • Klara Luchko
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    1.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tatyana Lioznova
    • Writers
      • Tatyana Lioznova
      • Anna Rodionova
    • Stars
      • Irina Muravyova
      • Yuriy Yakovlev
      • Klara Luchko
    • 2User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Irina Muravyova
    Irina Muravyova
    • Nina Solomatina
    Yuriy Yakovlev
    Yuriy Yakovlev
    • Mikhail Solomatin
    Klara Luchko
    Klara Luchko
    • Josefina Viktorovna
    Alevtina Rumyantseva
    Alevtina Rumyantseva
    • Nina's Mother
    Vadim Andreev
    Vadim Andreev
    • Director Vadim Arturovich
    Aleksandr Abdulov
    Aleksandr Abdulov
    • Nikita
    Ekaterina Zhemchuzhnaya
    Ekaterina Zhemchuzhnaya
    • Karma
    Vera Vasileva
    Vera Vasileva
    • Nikita's Mother
    Aleksandr Mikhaylov
    Aleksandr Mikhaylov
    • Remizov
    Zinaida Vorkul
    Zinaida Vorkul
    • Grandma Zinaida
    Boris Morozov
    Boris Morozov
    • Painter Aleksandr Nikolayenko
    Valentina Titova
    Valentina Titova
    • Flat Owner
    Lidiya Smirnova
    Lidiya Smirnova
    • Committee Head
    Vyacheslav Baranov
    Vyacheslav Baranov
    • Zhenya
    Tatyana Chernopyatova
    Tatyana Chernopyatova
    • Galya
    Igor Radov
    • Directing Student Tolik
    Elena Astafeva
    Elena Astafeva
    • Masha
    Aleksandr Ilchinin
    • Sinyagin
    • Director
      • Tatyana Lioznova
    • Writers
      • Tatyana Lioznova
      • Anna Rodionova
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    10zemba7-817-69080

    warm and wonderful with a universal theme

    What a wonderful find!

    The story of this very Russian film is universal and easily could have been made with Judy Garland in the lead. A young Russian girl is in love with show business and wants to leave her small town for Moscow and make it big in the big city. She encounters her long missing, remarried with child, father and gets a boy friend (Alexander Abdulov) who uses her and them leaves her.

    After bouncing about Moscow trying many different jobs - some in show business - she gets her big break when a roller skating bear gets diarrhea (!!!!!) and takes it's place.

    The film is fuzzy, warm and wonderful with great dancing, a glorious musical score and an uplifting theme for the female lead. And the lead is outstanding! A great film to try if you want to see a charming Russian film about Russian people and Russian life. And little, if any, propaganda.

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    • Trivia
      Final film of Margarita Zharova.
    • Connections
      Featured in 6-ya tseremoniya vrucheniya natsionalnoy premii Ovatsiya (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Pozvoni mne, pozvoni
      Music by Maksim Dunaevskiy

      Lyrics by Robert Rozhdestvensky

      Performed by Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • German
      • Romany
    • Also known as
      • Карнавал
    • Filming locations
      • Moscow, Russia
    • Production company
      • Kinostudiya imeni M. Gorkogo
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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