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Carnival

Carnival

19816.82h 31m

Overview

A young Russian girl is in love with show business and wants to leave her small town for Moscow and make it big in the big city. She encounters her long missing, remarried father and gets a boy friend who uses her and then leaves her.

Directed by Tatyana Lioznova
Written by Anna Rodionova, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Tatyana Lioznova
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Top Cast

Irina Muravyova

Irina Muravyova

Nina Solomatina

Yuriy Yakovlev

Yuriy Yakovlev

Mikhail Solomatin

Klara Luchko

Klara Luchko

Josephine Viktorovna

Aleksandr Abdulov

Aleksandr Abdulov

Nikita

Vera Vasileva

Vera Vasileva

Nikita's mother

Aleksandr Mikhaylov

Aleksandr Mikhaylov

Remizov

Lidiya Smirnova

Lidiya Smirnova

Chairman of the Commission

Valentina Titova

Valentina Titova

landlady

Yelena Tonunts

Yelena Tonunts

guest at the Nina's party

Inga Budkevich

Inga Budkevich

Themes & Keywords

woman director

About Carnival

Carnival is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1981 exploring themes of woman director. Directed by Tatyana Lioznova, it stars Irina Muravyova, Yuriy Yakovlev, Klara Luchko. A young Russian girl is in love with show business and wants to leave her small town for Moscow and make it big in the big city. She encounters her long missing, remarried father and gets a boy friend who uses her and then leaves her.

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