The Only One

The Only One

91 mins | Drama | March 1, 1976

Kolya Kasatkin, who saw in his wife Tanyusha the ideal of female charm, tenderness, kindness, who loved her to the point of oblivion, was at a loss before the idle conversations of well-wishers about his wife's betrayal. Having found his wife with the choir director, Nikolai demanded a divorce. Continuing to love each other, the former spouses are unhappy in separation. Kasatkin's new hasty marriage did not return his peace of mind. In daily agony, in the pursuit of a past life, he also lost his old dream — to live and work in the Far East, where he served in the army. Both realized too late that love does not forgive hasty decisions, that it must be able to keep and protect.

The Only One

91 mins | Drama | March 1, 1976

The Only One
Kolya Kasatkin, who saw in his wife Tanyusha the ideal of female charm, tenderness, kindness, who loved her to the point of oblivion, was at a loss before the idle conversations of well-wishers about his wife's betrayal. Having found his wife with the choir director, Nikolai demanded a divorce. Continuing to love each other, the former spouses are unhappy in separation. Kasatkin's new hasty marriage did not return his peace of mind. In daily agony, in the pursuit of a past life, he also lost his old dream — to live and work in the Far East, where he served in the army. Both realized too late that love does not forgive hasty decisions, that it must be able to keep and protect.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Единственная...
Directors Iosif Kheifits
Writers Pavel Nilin, Iosif Kheifits

Cast

Valeriy Zolotukhin

as Kasatkin

Elena Proklova

as Tanyusha Fesheva

Lyudmila Gladunko

as Natasha

Vladimir Vysotsky

as Boris Ilyich

Larisa Malevannaya

as Manyunya

Vyacheslav Nevinnyy

as Zhurchenko

Lyubov Sokolova

as Anna Prokofyevna

Vladimir Zamanskiy

as Tatarintsev

Nikolay Dupak

as shift manager at the carpool

Aleksandr Demyanenko

as scientist

Svetlana Zhgun

as train passenger

Mikhail Kokshenov

as driver in the carpool

Yefim Kamenetsky

as train passenger

Pyotr Lobanov

as guest at the wedding

Lyubov Malinovskaya

as speculator

Tatyana Pelttser

as neuropathologist

Boris Pavlov-Silvanskiy

as druzhinnik

Lyudmila Staritsyna

as Tanyusha's friend

Geliy Sysoev

as Seryoga

Aleksandr Susnin

as Lyokha

Georgi Svetlani

as actor

Vera Titova

as Ira

Lyubov Tishchenko

as restaurant's employee

Arkadi Trusov

as restaurant chef

Galina Chiginskaya

as Tanyusha's friend

Vladimir Losev

as library visitor (uncredited)

Anatoli Stolbov

as train conductor (uncredited)

Sergey Pizhel

as library visitor (uncredited)

Viktor Chaynikov

as court assessor (uncredited)

Yury Shepelev

as visitor (uncredited)

Boris Leskin

as visitor (uncredited)