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Dark Eyes 
Film posterDirected by Nikita Mikhalkov Produced by Carlo Cucchi
Silvia D'Amico BendicoWritten by Aleksandr Adabashyan
Nikita Mikhalkov
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Anton Chekhov (stories)Starring Marcello Mastroianni
Silvana Mangano
Marthe Keller
Yelena Safonova
Pina Cei
Vsevolod LarionovMusic by Francis Lai Cinematography Franco Di Giacomo Editing by Enzo Meniconi Distributed by RUSCICO Release date(s) September 9, 1987 Running time 118 minutes Country Italy
Soviet UnionLanguage Italian / Russian / French Dark Eyes (Italian: Oci ciornie; Russian: Очи чёрные; French: Les Yeux noirs) is a 1987 Italian and Russian language film which tells the story of a 19th century married Italian who falls in love with a married Russian woman. It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Oleg Tabakov, Yelena Safonova, Pina Cei and Vsevolod Larionov.[1]
The film was adapted by Aleksandr Adabashyan, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Nikita Mikhalkov, "inspired" by stories by Anton Chekhov. It was directed by Mikhalkov.
Mastroianni received the award for Best Actor at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival[2] and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Contents
Cast
- Marcello Mastroianni - Romano
- Marthe Keller - Tina, Romano's Mistress
- Yelena Safonova - Anna Sergeyevna, Governor's Wife (as Elena Sofonova)
- Pina Cei - Elisa's Mother
- Vsevolod Larionov - Pavel (Russian Ship Passenger)
- Innokenti Smoktunovsky - Sisoiev's Governor (as Innochentij Smoktunovskj)
- Roberto Herlitzka - Lawyer
- Paolo Baroni - Manlio
- Oleg Tabakov - His Grace
- Yuri Bogatyryov - Marshall (as Jury Bogatiriov)
- Dmitri Zolotukhin - Konstantin (as Dimitri Zolothuchin)
- Silvana Mangano - Elisa (Romano's Wife)
- Jean-Pierre Bardos - Laying guest (as J. Pierre Bardos)
- Nino Bignamini - Buyer
- Maria Grazia Bon - His wife
Location
The film was recorded among other places in Montecatini Terme in Tuscany, in Saint-Petersburg (Leningrad at the time) and in the historic Russian town of Kostroma.
References
- ^ "NY Times: Dark Eyes". NY Times.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/12245/Dark-Eyes/details. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Dark Eyes". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/425/year/1987.html. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
External links
- Dark Eyes at AllRovi
- Dark Eyes at the Internet Movie Database
Films directed by Nikita Mikhalkov A Girl and Things (1967) · And I Go Home (1968) · A Quiet Day During the End of War (1970) · At Home Among Strangers (1974) · A Slave of Love (1976) · An Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano (1977) · Five Evenings (1978) · Oblomov (1980) · Family Relations (1981) · Without Witness (1983) · Dark Eyes (1987) · Hitch-hiking (1990) · Close to Eden (1992) · Remembering Chekhov (1993) · Anna: 6 - 18 (1993) · Burnt by the Sun (1994) · The Barber of Siberia (1998) · Russians Deprived of Russia (2003) · 12 (2007) · Burnt by the Sun 2 (2010)
Categories:- Italian films
- Soviet films
- 1987 films
- 1987 in the Soviet Union
- 1980s drama films
- Italian-language films
- Russian-language films
- Films based on short fiction
- Films directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
- Soviet film stubs
- 1980s Italian film stubs
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