Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)

7.6/10 142 min Drama Comedy Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Vera Alentova

Katerina

Aleksey Batalov

Gosha

Irina Muravyova

Lyudmila

Aleksandr Fatyushin

Gurin

Raisa Ryazanova

Antonina

Boris Smorchkov

Nikolay

Yuri Vasilyev

Rachkov

Natalya Vavilova

Aleksandra

Oleg Tabakov

Volodya

Yevgeniya Khanayeva

Rachkov's mother

Valentina Ushakova

Nikolay's mother

Viktor Uralsky

Nikolay's father

Zoya Fyodorova

watchwoman

Liya Akhedzhakova

club director

Tatyana Konyukhova

self

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

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Georgiy Yumatov

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Leonid Kharitonov

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Pavel Rudakov

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