''Formula of Love'' (russian: Формула любви, Formula lyubvi) is a 1984 Soviet
romantic
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directed by
Mark Zakharov, from a screenplay by
Grigori Gorin
Grigori Gorin (russian: Григо́рий Го́рин), real name Grigori Israilevich Ofshtein (russian: Григо́рий Изра́илевич Офштейн; March 12, 1940, Moscow — June 15, 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian playw ...
. It is loosely based on the story "Count Cagliostro" by
Aleksey Tolstoy about a magician who sets out to prove humans' power against the gods by fabricating love without the influence of the gods. It also follows the story lines of the woman he is trying to force to fall in love, the family with which they are staying and the stories of his servants.
Cast
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Nodar Mgaloblishvili as
Count Giuseppe Cagliostro (voiced by
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan)
* Yelena Valyushkina as Maria Ivanovna
* Aleksandr Mikhailov as Aleksei Alekseyevich Fedyashev
*Yelena Aminova as Lorenza
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as Jacob
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Semyon Farada Semyon Lyvovich Ferdman PAR, better known by his stage name Semyon Farada (russian: Семён Львович Фердман, Семён Фарада, born December 31, 1933, Nikolskoye village of Moscow Oblast, USSR — died August 20, 2009 in ...
as Margadon (singing voice by
Gennady Gladkov
Gennady Igorevich Gladkov (russian: link=no, Геннадий Игоревич Гладков; born 18 February 1935) is a Soviet and Russian composer. He composed music for some of the most famous Soviet movies and cartoons, most notably ''The ...
)
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Tatyana Pelttser
Tatyana Ivanovna Pelttser (russian: Татья́на Ива́новна Пе́льтцер; german: Tatjana Peltzer; June 6, 1904 in Moscow – July 16, 1992 in Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of t ...
as Fedosya Ivanovna
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Aleksandra Zakharova
Aleksandra Markovna Zakharova ( rus, Алекса́ндра Ма́рковна Заха́рова, born 17 June 1962) is a Soviet and Russian actress, daughter of famous film director Mark Zakharov and actress Nina Lapshinova. Zakharova has been ...
as Fimka
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Leonid Bronevoy
Leonid Sergeyevich Bronevoy (russian: Леони́д Серге́евич Бронево́й; December 17, 1928 – December 9, 2017) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Though primarily a stage actor in the Lenkom Theatre, Bronevoy also made occasiona ...
as Doctor
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Nikolay Skorobogatov
Nikolay Arkadevich Skorobogatov (russian: Никола́й Арка́дьевич Скоробога́тов; December 19, 1923, Vyazma, Vyazemsky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate — June 10, 1987, Moscow) was a Soviet film and theater actor.
Bio ...
as Stepan Stepanovich
References
External links
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1984 romantic comedy films
1984 films
1984 fantasy films
Soviet fantasy comedy films
Russian fantasy comedy films
Russian romantic comedy films
Soviet romantic comedy films
1980s Russian-language films
Films directed by Mark Zakharov
Films scored by Gennady Gladkov
Films based on short fiction
Mosfilm films
Films about Alessandro Cagliostro
Films set in the 1780s
Films set in country houses
Films set in the Russian Empire
Films set in Saint Petersburg
Films shot in Moscow Oblast
Films shot in Saint Petersburg
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