“Elder Sister” is a Soviet feature film made in 1966 by Georgy Natanson based on the play “My Elder Sister” by Alexander Volodin .
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| Genre | melodrama |
| Producer | George Nathanson |
| Author script | Alexander Volodin |
| In the main cast | Tatyana Doronina Natalya Tenyakova Mikhail Zharov |
| Operator | Valery Vladimirov |
| Composer | Vladlen Chistyakov |
| Film company | Mosfilm |
| Duration | 102 minutes |
| A country |  the USSR |
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| Year | 1966 |
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Story
Orphans Lydia and Nadezhda have long been living in the care of their uncle, who took them from the orphanage. Uncle sincerely dreams of a happy life for nieces, and girls often, contrary to their own destinies, follow his advice. So the elder sister - Nadezhda - abandons her dream and does everything so that the younger one becomes an actress, but after years she herself comes to the theater.
Cast
- Tatyana Doronina - Nadia , older sister
- Natalya Tenyakova - Lydia , younger sister
- Mikhail Zharov - Dmitry Petrovich Ukhov (Uncle Mitya)
- Vitaly Solomin - Cyril
- Leonid Kuravlev - Volodya
- Valentina Sharykina - Shura
- Evgeny Evstigneev - Ogorodnikov
- Oleg Basilashvili - Oleg Medynsky
- Inna Churikova - Nelly (The Witch)
- Sofya Pilyavskaya - member of the selection committee
- Pavel Massalsky - Pavel Vladimirovich, member of the selection committee
- Alexandra Danilova - Nadia's colleague
- Victor Ilyichev - applicant
- Victor Markin - Victor, member of the selection committee
Camera crew
- Screenwriter: Alexander Volodin
- Director: George Nathanson
- Operator: Valery Vladimirov
- Production Designer: Semyon Ushakov
- Sound Engineer: Veniamin Kirshenbaum
- Composer: Vladlen Chistyakov
Technical Data
- Black and white, sound (mono)
- Rental - 22.5 million viewers.
Interesting Facts
- Tatyana Doronina was recognized as the best actress of 1967 according to a survey of the magazine " Soviet Screen ".
- In the film, the heroine of Tatyana Doronina sings the song "And I was a young girl ..." to the poems of Robert Burns from the cycle "Funny Beggars" ( Eng. The Jolly Beggars , 1785) translated by Eduard Bagritsky , muses. unknown author.
- In the film, the heroine of Valentina Sharykina (Shura, Cyril's wife) gives a parable about Tamerlan .
- Full-scale shooting of the film took place in Leningrad, interior episodes were filmed in Mosfilm pavilions.