Melodies of a White Night

Melodies of a White Night (Russian: Мелодии белой ночи, romanizedMelodii beloy nochi; Japanese: 白夜の調べ) is a 1976 romantic drama directed by Sergei Solovyov.[1][2]

Melodies of a White Night
Directed bySergei Solovyov
Kiyosi Nisimura
Written bySergei Solovyov
Tasiyuki Tasikura
Starring
CinematographyGeorgy Rerberg
Music byIsaac Schwartz
Production
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Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesSoviet Union
Japan
LanguagesRussian, Japanese

Plot

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A Japanese pianist (Komaki Kurihara) travels to the Soviet Union to better understand the country's composers' production. She falls in love with Soviet composer Ilya (Yury Solomin), who has lost his parents in the Siege of Leningrad and also his wife during childbirth. The lovers enjoy Leningrad's white summer nights, and Ilya starts composing a piano concert inspired by Yuko. A couple of years later, they meet again in Japan in Kyoto, where Ilya is conducting his piano concert, and Yuko is the soloist. Ilya finds out that Yuko is a widow and starts to experience feelings of guilt.

Cast

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  • Komaki Kurihara - Yuko, Japanese pianist
  • Yury Solomin - Ilya, composer-conductor
  • Aleksandr Zbruyev - Fedor, Ilya's brother, painter
  • Sergey Polezhaev - musician, teacher
  • Yelizaveta Solodova - foster mother of Ilya and Fedor, music teacher
  • Andrey Leontovich - Alyosha, son of Ilya
  • Seiji Miyaguchi

References

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  1. ^ "Энциклопедия кино — МЕЛОДИИ БЕЛОЙ НОЧИ". dic.academic.ru.
  2. ^ "Мелодии белой ночи". VokrugTV.
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