''An Almost Funny Story'' (russian: Почти смешная история, Pochti smeshnaya istoriya) is a 1977 Soviet two-part television film directed by

Pyotr Fomenko Pyotr Naumovich Fomenko (russian: Пётр Нау́мович Фоме́нко; 13 July 1932 in Moscow – 9 August 2012 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater director, teacher, artistic director of the Moscow theater Pyotr Fomenko ...

Plot

The love story of two already middle-aged people. Two sisters come to a small town on the Volga to rest. One is about fifty, the other is a little younger. They get acquainted with the most ordinary business trip, who does not at all understand that the youngest of the sisters, a little eccentric, fell in love with him at first sight.

Cast

* Olga Antonova as Illaria Pavlovna *

Lyudmila Arinina Lyudmila Mikhailovna Arinina (russian: Людми́ла Миха́йловна Ари́нина; born November 8, 1926, Sinodskoye Village, Saratov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian actress. She was named an Honored Artist of the RS ...

as Taisia Pavlovna, Illaria's sister * Mikhail Gluzsky as Viktor Meshkov * Valentin Gaft as fellow traveler on the train * Maria Mironova as telegraph operator *

Svetlana Kharitonova Svetlana Nikolayevna Kharitonova (russian: Светлана Николаевна Харитонова; 30 January 1932, in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the cap ...

as conductor *

Lyudmila Polyakova Lyudmila Petrovna Polyakova (russian: Людми́ла Петро́вна Поляко́ва; born January 28, 1939, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actress; she is a People's Artist of Russia (1999). Biography She graduated in 1964 from the Mik ...

as a client at the hairdresser * Boris Leskin as TV master The songs are performed by Sergey Nikitin and

Tatyana Nikitina Tatyana Khashimovna Nikitina (russian: Татьяна Хашимовна Никитина, born 31 December 1945) is a prominent Russian bard. She usually performs together with her husband, Sergey Nikitin. Biography She was born Tatiana Sadykov ...

Production

Filming took place in

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl ( rus, Ярослáвль, p=jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence ...

, Plyos,

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

, and

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

References

External links

* 1977 films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet romantic comedy films Soviet television films 1977 romantic comedy films Studio Ekran films {{1970s-USSR-film-stub Films set in Russia Films set in Odesa Films set in Moscow