Office Romance

1977 2h 39m RU

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7.8

BANGER

★7.8TMDB · 276

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Anatoly Novoseltsev is a mousy single father and office stumblebum working at a statistics bureau in Moscow. In the hopes of being promoted, he is coaxed into charming his disagreeable and seemingly unfeeling boss, Ludmila Kalugina, or "Meany" as she's otherwise known by her subordinates. Helped by his colleagues Olya and Yura, Anatoly attempts to ease the yoke of Ms. Kalugina, and what follows in the wake of his graceless manoeuvres is completely unforeseen, as he awakens a side to her not yet known, even to herself..

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Alisa Freyndlikh
Людмила Прокофьевна Калугина
Andrey Myagkov
Анатолий Ефремович Новосельцев
Svetlana Nemolyaeva
Ольга Петровна Рыжова
Oleg Basilashvili
Юрий Григорьевич Самохвалов
Liya Akhedzhakova
Верочка, секретарь Калугиной
Lyudmila Ivanova
Шура
Pyotr Shcherbakov
Бубликов
Nelli Pshyonnaya

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Eldar Ryazanov
Writers: Emil Braginskiy, Eldar Ryazanov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 159 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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49 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Eldar Ryazanov, shot by Vladimir Nakhabtsev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Andrey Petrov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Valeriya Belova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Alisa Freyndlikh and Andrey Myagkov and Svetlana Nemolyaeva carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0076727 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Eldar Ryazanov directs. Vladimir Nakhabtsev behind the camera. Andrey Petrov scores. Valeriya Belova cuts. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

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1Clocks in at 159 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
249 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Eldar Ryazanov, shot by Vladimir Nakhabtsev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Andrey Petrov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Valeriya Belova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Alisa Freyndlikh and Andrey Myagkov and Svetlana Nemolyaeva carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0076727 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.