An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano

1977 1h 38m RU

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 59

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Synopsis

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On a summer day in late 19th century Russia, a group of bourgeois friends and acquaintances gather at a dilapidated country estate.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Aleksandr Kalyagin
Mikhail Vassilyevich Platonov
Yelena Solovey
Sofia Egorovna
Evgeniya Glushenko
Sashenka
Antonina Shuranova
Anna Petrovna Voinitseva
Yuri Bogatyryov
Sergey Pavlovich Voinitsev
Oleg Tabakov
Pavel Petrovich Shcherbuk
Nikolai Pastukhov
Porfiry Semyonovich Glagolyev
Pavel Kadochnikov
Ivan Ivanovich Triletsky

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Writers: Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexander Adabashyan
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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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 Nikita Mikhalkov, shot by Pavel Lebeshev. 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 Eduard Artemyev. 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 Lyudmila Yelyan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Aleksandr Kalyagin and Yelena Solovey and Evgeniya Glushenko carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0076446 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 59 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Nikita Mikhalkov directs. Pavel Lebeshev behind the camera. Eduard Artemyev scores. Lyudmila Yelyan cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

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149 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, shot by Pavel Lebeshev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Eduard Artemyev. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Lyudmila Yelyan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Aleksandr Kalyagin and Yelena Solovey and Evgeniya Glushenko carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0076446 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 59 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.