Romance for Lovers (1974)

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Sergei and Tanya are in love with each other. Sergei is drafted into the marine corps and Tania waits for his return. Sergei's division is abandoned in favor of helping local residents in distress. During the operation, his armored personnel gets carried into the sea. His relatives receive a notice of his death. Tanya's loving childhood friend, a hockey player, helps her to cope with misfortune and she marries him. But it turned out that Sergei did not perish. He, together with a wounded friend he saved, are found on a deserted island after a long winter. Back home, Sergei learns that Tanya has married another. Unable to accept the loss of his beloved, Sergei dies; but this death is a symbolic and emotional one, not physical. Sergei continues to live a normal life without shock and strong distress, meets another girl, marries her, has a child. In the finale there is a spiritual rebirth of the hero.

Cast & Crew

Director
Andrei Konchalovsky
  • Profile picture of Yevgeni Kindinov
    Sergey Nikitin Yevgeni Kindinov
  • Profile picture of Yelena Koreneva
    Tanya Yelena Koreneva
  • Profile picture of Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
    Trumpeter Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
  • Profile picture of Irina Kupchenko
    Lyuda Irina Kupchenko
  • Profile picture of Iya Savvina
    Tanya's mother Iya Savvina
  • Profile picture of Vladimir Konkin
    Sergey's youngest brother Vladimir Konkin
  • Profile picture of Aleksandr Zbruev
    Igor Volgin Aleksandr Zbruev
  • Profile picture of Nikolay Grinko
    Vice-Admiral Nikolay Grinko

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