Starling and Lyre

Starling and Lyre

137 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance, War | June 16, 1974

Soviet intelligence spouses — Lyudmila ("Lyre") and Fyodor ("Starling") Grekov at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War are tasked with settling in Germany. Personnel intelligence officers with vast experience are successfully introduced into German society and begin to work actively. At the end of the war, during the bombing of Berlin, fate separates them, but then they will meet in the new Germany and continue their work.

Starling and Lyre

137 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance, War | June 16, 1974

Starling and Lyre
Soviet intelligence spouses — Lyudmila ("Lyre") and Fyodor ("Starling") Grekov at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War are tasked with settling in Germany. Personnel intelligence officers with vast experience are successfully introduced into German society and begin to work actively. At the end of the war, during the bombing of Berlin, fate separates them, but then they will meet in the new Germany and continue their work.
Producers Mosfilm, Filmové studio Barrandov, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Original title Скворец и Лира
Directors Grigori Aleksandrov
Writers Nikolay Pekelnik, Aleksandr Lapshin, Grigori Aleksandrov

Cast

Lyubov Orlova

as "Lyre"

Pyotr Velyaminov

as "Starling"

Nikolay Grinko

as "Uncle Vanya"

Boris Kordunov

as Colonel Golubev

Boris Ivanov

as Baron von Lampe

Boris Zajdenberg

as General Cringely

Yuri Leonidov

as Arthur Opendorf

Viktor Burkhart

as Von Holbach

Varvara Soshalskaya

as Baroness von Schrovenhausen

Yuri Volkov

as Jürgen

Rina Zelyonaya

as Ursula

Galiks Kolchitskiy

as General Leben

Rimma Markova

as Mrs. Leben

Yuri Stromov

as Colonel Chandler

Svetlana Svetlichnaya

as Henrietta

Pavel Makhotin

as General

Jānis Grantiņš

as Holy father

Viktor Shulgin

as Siegfried

Vladimir Gorelov

as Menoret

Zoya Vasilkova

as Lady at the baroness's reception

Georgi Tusuzov

as American man

Zoya Stepanova

as Maid

Konstantin Tyrtov

as Member of the military Council

Aleksandr Shmelyov

as Surgeon

Grigoriy Shpigel

as Doctor Stoeger

Yakov Lents

as Von Flittendorf

Yevgeni Gurov

as Wilhelm

Natalya Gitserot

as Louise

Zoya Isayeva

as Lady at the baroness's reception

Nina Agapova

as Lady at the baroness's reception

Galina Mikeladze

as Lady at the baroness's reception

Yuri Gusev

as Drunken lieutenant

Nikolai Nikitskiy

as Industrialist

Leonid Obolensky

as Industrialist

Ella Nekrasova

as Mail worker

Zana Zanoni

as Passenger (uncredited)

Lyubov Polishchuk

as Girl at the baroness's reception (uncredited)

Grigori Aleksandrov

as General (uncredited)

Inga Budkevich

as Society lady (uncredited)

Georgiy Petrovskiy

as Industrialist (uncredited)

Viktor Filippov

as Radioman (uncredited)

Viktor Markin

as Driver (uncredited)

Stanislav Korenev

as Radioman

Arkadi Tsinman

as Industrialist (uncredited)

Emiliya Milton

as Fortune teller