Spring (1947)

A drab woman scientist, working on machine to harness solar energy, and a pert concert singer look-alike being courted to play her in a movie swap identities and find personal growth, professional success, love, and happiness.

IMDb rating	7.2
Producers	Mosfilm
Original title	Весна
Directors	Grigori Aleksandrov
Writers	Aleksandr Raskin, Moris Slobodskoy, Grigori Aleksandrov

Cast

Lyubov Orlova

as Prof. Irina Petrovna Nikitina / Vera Giorgievna Shatrova

Nikolai Cherkasov

as Arkadi Mikhailovich Gromov

Mikhail Sidorkin

as Viktor Roschin

Faina Ranevskaya

as Margarita Lvovna, housekeeper

Rostislav Plyatt

as Vladimir Ivanovich Bubentsov

Rina Zelyonaya

as Gabby Film Makeup Designer

Nikolai Konovalov

as Uncle Lionia Mukhin

Garen Zhukovskaya

as Operetta star

Boris Petker

as Akakiy Abramovich

Valentina Telegina

as Scientist

Mikhail Troyanovsky

as Scientist

Georgiy Yumatov

as Makeup Designer Assistant