Forgotten Tune for the Flute

Forgotten Tune for the Flute

134 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Oct. 23, 1987

A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate’s sections felt unwell one day: the forty-year-old man had a pain in his heart. This unpleasant incident provided an opportunity to meet a nurse named Lida. However, their stormy love affair ended, with Filimonov returning to normal life and an unloved wife.

Forgotten Tune for the Flute

134 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Oct. 23, 1987

Forgotten Tune for the Flute
A flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate’s sections felt unwell one day: the forty-year-old man had a pain in his heart. This unpleasant incident provided an opportunity to meet a nurse named Lida. However, their stormy love affair ended, with Filimonov returning to normal life and an unloved wife.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Забытая мелодия для флейты
Directors Eldar Ryazanov
Writers Emil Braginskiy, Eldar Ryazanov

Cast

Leonid Filatov

as Leonid Filimonov

Irina Kupchenko

as Yelena

Valentin Gaft

as Odinokov

Yelena Majorova

as Lyusya

Vsevolod Sanayev

as Yaroslav Stepanovich

Vatslav Dvorzhetsky

as Leonid's Father

Olga Volkova

as Surova

Aleksandr Shirvindt

as Myasoyedov

Pyotr Merkuryev

as choir director

Sergei Artsybashev

as Alexey Akimovich

Tatyana Gavrilova

as Anna Andreyevna

Yelena Fadeyeva

as Leonid's father

Kapitolina Ilyenko

as Kapitolina Ivanovna

Tatyana Agafonova

as choir member

Nina Agapova

as Tatyana Georgievna

Elena Antonova

as choir member

Vladimir Firsov

as Lyapkin-Tyapkin

Eldar Ryazanov

as man with spyglass