''Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love'' (russian: Чёрная роза — эмблема печали, красная роза — эмблема любви, Chyornaya roza - emblema pechali, krasnaya roza - emblema lyubvi) is a 1989
Soviet
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comedy film
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directed by
Sergei Solovyov. The movie intended to capture and epitomize the absurdity of the breakneck changes happening in the country at the time. It was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
1990 Cannes Film Festival
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The festival opened with ''Dreams (1990 film), Dreams'', directed by Akira Kurosawa and clo ...
.
Cast
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Tatyana Drubich
Tatyana Drubich (born 7 June 1959) is a Russian film actress. She has appeared in 20 films since 1972. She starred in the 1974 film ''Sto dney posle detstva'', which was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the S ...
as Aleksandra
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as Vladimir, Aleksandra's boyfriend
* Mikhail Rozanov as Dmitry Lobanov (Mitya), Aleksandra's neighbor
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Aleksandr Bashirov
Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (russian: Александр Николаевич Баширов; born 24 September 1955, in Sogom) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986.
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as Anatoly Feoktistovich (Tolik) Gnilyuga, Mitya's neighbor
* Ilya Ivanov as Nikolai Plevakin (uncle Koka)
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Aleksandr Zbruyev
Aleksandr Viktorovich Zbruyev (russian: Александр Викторович Збруев; born 31 March 1938, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is Soviet and Russian theatrical and cinema actor.
Selected filmography
* ''My Younger Brother'' (1962) as ...
as Ilya, Aleksandra's father
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Lyudmila Savelyeva
Ludmila Mikhailovna Savelyeva (russian: Людмила Михайловна Савельева; born January 24, 1942, in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. She achieved lasting fame in the role of Natasha Rostova in the 1 ...
as Aleksandra's mother
* Mikhail Danilov as Vladimir's father-in-law
* Assam Kuiyatte as African
* Yuri Shumilo as General
Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1 ...
* Georgy Saakyan as
Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...
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Boris Grebenshchikov
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as Captain of "Ship of Freaks"
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Sergei Solovyov as
cameo
References
External links
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1989 films
1980s musical comedy-drama films
1989 comedy films
1989 crime drama films
Mosfilm films
Soviet comedy-drama films
Russian comedy-drama films
1980s Russian-language films
Cultural depictions of Joseph Stalin
Cultural depictions of Leonid Brezhnev
Films directed by Sergei Solovyov
Films scored by Boris Grebenshchikov
Soviet teen films
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