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Forgotten Tune for the Flute

Original title: Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty
  • 19871987
  • 2h 14m
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7.5/10
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Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
A former musician must make a hard choice between freedom with mistress and comfortable life with wife.A former musician must make a hard choice between freedom with mistress and comfortable life with wife.A former musician must make a hard choice between freedom with mistress and comfortable life with wife.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
808
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  • Director
    • Eldar Ryazanov
  • Writers
    • Emil Braginskiy(play "Amoralnaya istoriya")
    • Eldar Ryazanov(play "Amoral'naya istoriya")
  • Stars
    • Leonid Filatov
    • Tatyana Dogileva
    • Irina Kupchenko
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  • Director
    • Eldar Ryazanov
  • Writers
    • Emil Braginskiy(play "Amoralnaya istoriya")
    • Eldar Ryazanov(play "Amoral'naya istoriya")
  • Stars
    • Leonid Filatov
    • Tatyana Dogileva
    • Irina Kupchenko
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    • 7User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Nina Dvorzhetskaya in Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
    Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
    Aleksandr Samoylenko in Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
    Kapitolina Ilyenko and Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy in Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
    Aleksandr Shirvindt in Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
    Evgeniy Voskresenskiy in Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
    Leonid Filatov, Valentin Gaft, and Aleksandr Shirvindt in Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
    Tatyana Agafonova and Tatyana Novitskaya in Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
    Tatyana Novitskaya in Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
    Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
    Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)
    Eldar Ryazanov in Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty (1987)

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    Leonid Filatov
    Leonid Filatov
    • Leonid Filimonovas Leonid Filimonov
    Tatyana Dogileva
    Tatyana Dogileva
    • Lida- medsestraas Lida- medsestra
    Irina Kupchenko
    Irina Kupchenko
    • Yelena Fyodorovnaas Yelena Fyodorovna
    Vsevolod Sanaev
    Vsevolod Sanaev
    • Yaroslav Stepanovichas Yaroslav Stepanovich
    Olga Volkova
    Olga Volkova
    • Yevgeniya Surovaas Yevgeniya Surova
    Sergey Artsibashev
    Sergey Artsibashev
    • Aleksey Yakimovichas Aleksey Yakimovich
    Valentin Gaft
    Valentin Gaft
    • Odinokovas Odinokov
    Aleksandr Shirvindt
    Aleksandr Shirvindt
    • Myasoyedovas Myasoyedov
    Elena Mayorova
    Elena Mayorova
    • Lyusyaas Lyusya
    • (as Yelena Mayorova)
    Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
    Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
    • Semyon Filimonov - otets Leonidaas Semyon Filimonov - otets Leonida
    Yelena Fadeyeva
    Yelena Fadeyeva
    • maty Leonidaas maty Leonida
    Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy
    Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy
    • Sashaas Sasha
    Pyotr Merkurev
    Pyotr Merkurev
    • rukovoditel khora iz Tambovaas rukovoditel khora iz Tambova
    Evgeniy Voskresenskiy
    Evgeniy Voskresenskiy
    • Kirillas Kirill
    Nina Agapova
    Nina Agapova
    • Tatyana Georgiyevna - sekretarshaas Tatyana Georgiyevna - sekretarsha
    Tatyana Agafonova
    Tatyana Agafonova
    • Khoristkaas Khoristka
    Tatyana Novitskaya
    Tatyana Novitskaya
    • Khoristka v ochkakhas Khoristka v ochkakh
    Elena Antonenko
    Elena Antonenko
    • Khoristkaas Khoristka
    • Director
      • Eldar Ryazanov
    • Writers
      • Emil Braginskiy(play "Amoralnaya istoriya") (screenplay)
      • Eldar Ryazanov(play "Amoral'naya istoriya") (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a "big man's" daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate's sections felt unwell one day: the forty-year-old man had a pain in his heart. This unpleasant incident provided an opportunity to meet a nurse named Lida. However, their stormy love affair ended, with Filimonov returning to normal life and an unloved wife. —Burly.
    • russia
    • based on play
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Yelena Pokatilova's debut.
    • Connections
      Featured in Ravnyaetsya odnomu Gaftu (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Pesnya byurokratov
      Written by Andrei Petrov and Eldar Ryazanov

      Performed by Tatyana Nikitina and Sergey Nikitin

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    Top review
    8/10
    What a mess is the life of a man who cannot control his desires and feelings, and is a coward in the important moments..
    It is funny that my favourite Ryazanov's film is one of the lest popular in Russia. Unlike other films of the director, it runs seldom in television, and never in prime time. But I like it very much, because it is very well done, and it is ....true. The characters are depicted in a very realistic and human way. Their mistakes are pointed at without pity, sincerely, especially the mistakes and the cowardice of the man. Moreover, we can see a constant comparison between what he thinks and should be, and what he is and does in reality. At this purpose the director shows us flashes of his imagination, when he imagines what he would like to do in that moment, which sometimes would be really right. He would like, he should, he wants, but he is weak and unable to do it. Then, Ryazanov shows us what he really does, as a coward, or as a hypocrite. The man, following his passion, very soon finds himself with two women, a situation with no way out. At that stage, there can only be much sorrow for everybody. The two women are all in all the victims of his incapacity to live, to choose, to be faithful, sincere, and coherent. His wife is a good woman who loves him, and does not deserve in any way to be abandoned. His sweetheart has the only guilt of giving in to the insistence of a man who is not able to dominate his passions. I find very good the visions of the afterlife he has in his coma. The Soviet materialism has already melted away in the years of perestroika. Of course, the movie is well acted and directed, and has a good pace. There is also room for some humour, but very subtle, the way I like it. If you like movies about feelings, right and wrong, and personal responsibility, and about how much sorrow can cause someone who lets himself be led by the passion of a moment, well, you will certainly like it. Maybe it is not loved by the big audience because it is too frank and true, and many people do not like to see the bad side of themselves in a movie.
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    • Dec 27, 2020

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    • Release date
      • October 1, 1987 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • A Forgotten Tune for the Flute
    • Filming locations
      • Moscow, Russia
    • Production companies
      • Mosfilm
      • Sovexportfilm
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $85,360
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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