Northern Rhapsody (russian: Северная рапсодия, Severnaya rapsodiya) is a Soviet musical feature film directed by

Eduard Abalov Eduard Gaikovich Abalov (Abalyan) (russian: Эдуа́рд Га́йкович Аба́лов (Абаля́н), hy, Էդուարդ Աբալյան); 7 October 1927 – 5 August 1987) was a Soviet film actor and director. Filmography As director ...

in 1974.

Plot

The girl Tonya lives in the Far North near

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Oleniy Nos and loves to dance. She receives from

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as a gift a magic ring with a supply of energy for three wishes. Having become the laureate of the regional amateur show, Tonya receives an invitation to the entrance exam in the famous metropolitan song and dance ensemble. Tony's father is against his daughter's hobby, considering dancing a frivolous activity. He prevents her from leaving. Tonya goes to Moscow on skis in a blizzard. The road turns out to be difficult. Tonya rubs the ring and calls the polar aircraft. Polar pilot Ivan Ladeykin helps the girl get to Moscow. In Moscow, Tonya goes to the exam and finds out that the competition is very big (103 people per seat). The girl is shy, but Ladeikin encourages her. Tony's father flies to Moscow for his daughter to bring her home. Tonya is looking for Ladeykin, who has left to speak on television. Ladeykin, in his interview, shows a photograph of Tonya, tells her story and encourages the audience to take the girl by the hand and take her to the exam. After the TV show, Muscovites rush in search of the girl. Tonya dances in the exam. At the end of the film, Tonya becomes the soloist of the ensemble and performs on the stage of the

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Cast

Lyudmila Gavrilova Lyudmila Ivanovna Gavrilova (russian: Людмила Ивановна Гаврилова) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, lecturer of acting Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, a leading informational and educational channel ''Nastr ...

as Tonya Sevastyanova *

Leonid Kuravlyov Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov (russian: Леонид Вячеславович Куравлёв; 8 October 1936 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Early life Kuravlyov w ...

as Ivan Ladeykin *

Stanislav Chekan Stanislav Yulianovich Chekan (russian: Станисла́в Юлиа́нович Чека́н; 2 June 1922, Rostov-on-Don — 11 August 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema, known primarily for his blue-collar manly appearance, a ...

as Karp Sevastyanov, Tonya's father *

Grigory Shpigel Grigory Oyzerovich Spiegel (russian: Григо́рий О́йзерович Шпи́гель; 24 July 1914 — 28 April 1981) was a Soviet and Russian actor and voice actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1974). Biography He worked as a pleater at ...

as Gleb Petrovich Churilin *

Yevgeny Morgunov Yevgeny Alexandrovich Morgunov (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Моргуно́в; April 27, 1927 – June 25, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer, Merited Artist of Russian SFSR (1978 ...

as taxi driver *

Georgy Vitsin Georgy Mikhailovich Vitsin (russian: Георгий Михайлович Вицин; 18 April 1917 – 22 October 2001) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Biography Vitsin was born in Terijoki, former Finla ...

as Kuzma Petrovich *

Nina Agapova Nina Fyodorovna Agapova (russian: Ни́на Фёдоровна Ага́пова; 30 May 1926 – 19 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actress.Ruskino.ru.Nina Agapova Life and career Agapova was born in Moscow in May 1926. She graduated f ...

as correspondent *

as Gurgen Khachaturovich *

Anatoly Kubatsky Anatoly Lvovich Kubatsky (russian: Анато́лий Льво́вич Куба́цкий) (1 November 1908 – 29 December 2001) was a Soviet stage and film actor. Life Kubatsky was born in Moscow to parents of Polish ancestry. After studying und ...

as hockey fan *

Irina Murzaeva Irina Vsevolodovna Murzaeva (russian: Ири́на Все́володовна Мурза́ева; May 15, 1906 — January 3, 1988) was a Soviet actress of theater and cinema. Biography She graduated from the GITIS, Lunacharsky Theater College ...

as hockey fan *

Valentina Leontieva Valentina Mikhaylovna Leontyeva (russian: Валентина Михайловна Леонтьева; 1 August 1923 in Petrograd – 20 May 2007 in Ulyanovsk) was a famous anchor on Soviet TV. She was one of the first television presenters in t ...

as TV presenter

References

External links

* 1974 films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet musical comedy films 1970s musical comedy films Mosfilm films {{Authority control