''Formula of Love'' (russian: Формула любви, Formula lyubvi) is a 1984 Soviet romantic

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

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directed by

Mark Zakharov Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov (russian: Марк Анатольевич Захаров; 13 October 1933 – 28 September 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue best known for his fantasy parable movies. He ...

, 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

Nodar Mgaloblishvili Nodar Mgaloblishvili (russian: Нодар Мгалоблишвили, ka, ნოდარ მგალობლიშვილი, July 15, 1931 in Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union – March 26, 2019 in Tbilisi) was a Soviet and Georgian theat ...

as Count Giuseppe Cagliostro (voiced by

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan (russian: Армен Борисович Джигарханян; hy, Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան, Armen Borisi Jigarkhanyan; ; 3 October 1935 – 14 November 2020) was a Soviet, Armenian, and Rus ...

) * Yelena Valyushkina as Maria Ivanovna * Aleksandr Mikhailov as Aleksei Alekseyevich Fedyashev *Yelena Aminova as Lorenza *

Aleksandr Abdulov Aleksandr Gavrilovich AbdulovАбдулов Г. Д.
Ферганский г� ...

as Jacob *

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 ...

) *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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

* * 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 {{USSR-film-stub