''Farewell to St. Petersburg'' (russian: Прощание с Петербургом, Proshchaniye s Peterburgom) is a 1972 Soviet biopic film directed by

Yan Frid Yan Borisovich Frid (russian: Ян Борисович Фрид; 1908–2003) was a Soviet screenwriter and film director. Life and career Yan Borisovich Frid was born on May 31 in 1908 in Krasnoyarsk. In 1932 he graduated from the directing dep ...

. The film is about the Austrian composer Johann Strauss's stay in Russia, his concerts in Pavlovsk in the summer of 1857, and his love towards the Russian aristocrat Olga Smirnitskiy, to whom he dedicated several works.

Cast

*Girt Yakovlev - Johann Strauss (voiced by

Aleksandr Demyanenko Aleksandr Sergeyevich Demyanenko (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Демья́ненко; May 30, 1937 – August 22, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was given the honorary distinction of People's Artist of the RSFSR. H ...

) *Tatyana Bedova - Olga Smirnitskaya, Russian aristocrat * Tatyana Piletskaya - Natalia G. Smirnitskaya *

Vasili Merkuryev Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev (russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Мерку́рьев; 6 April 1904 – 12 May 1978) was a Soviet actor, stage director and drama teacher. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1960.

- Leybrok * Pavel Kadochnikov - Pavel Maksimov *

Igor Dmitriev Igor Borisovich Dmitriev (russian: И́горь Бори́сович Дми́триев) (29 May 1927 – 26 January 2008) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor who specialized in playing aristocratic characters in costume productions ...

- Grand Duke *Sergey Karnovich-Valois - manager * Yelena Anderegg as Olga Nikolayevna (as Ye. Anderegg) * Viktoriya Gorshenina * Pavel Kashlakov as Nechayev

Awards

Director Yan Frid received honorary diplomas at the Film Festival of Workers in

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

(1973).

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Films directed by Yan Frid 1970s biographical drama films Soviet biographical drama films 1970s musical drama films Soviet musical drama films Russian biographical drama films 1970s Russian-language films 1970s romantic musical films Films set in the 19th century Films about classical music and musicians Films about composers Biographical films about musicians 1972 drama films 1972 films {{bio-film-stub