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Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
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Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

1980-02-11 · 142 min · ★ 7.5

Drama · Comedy · Romance

Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her daughter. Love seems possible again when she meets a genial mechanic.

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Directors
Vladimir Menshov
Production companies
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released
Budget
USD 900,000
Revenue
USD 2,500,000

Top Cast

Vera AlentovaVera AlentovaKaterina
Aleksey BatalovAleksey BatalovGosha
Irina MuravyovaIrina MuravyovaLyudmila
Aleksandr FatyushinAleksandr FatyushinGurin
Raisa RyazanovaRaisa RyazanovaAntonina
Boris SmorchkovBoris SmorchkovNikolay
Yuri VasilyevYuri VasilyevRachkov
Natalya VavilovaNatalya VavilovaAleksandra
Oleg TabakovOleg TabakovVolodya
Yevgeniya KhanayevaYevgeniya KhanayevaRachkov's mother
Valentina UshakovaValentina UshakovaNikolay's mother
Viktor UralskyViktor UralskyNikolay's father
Zoya FyodorovaZoya Fyodorovawatchwoman
Liya AkhedzhakovaLiya Akhedzhakovaclub director
Tatyana KonyukhovaTatyana Konyukhovaself
Innokentiy SmoktunovskiyInnokentiy Smoktunovskiyself
Georgiy YumatovGeorgiy Yumatovself
Leonid KharitonovLeonid Kharitonovself
Pavel RudakovPavel Rudakovself
Veniamin Nechaevself

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