A Declaration of Love

A Declaration of Love

127 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 15, 1978

The main character is a talented, but timid writer of the Filippok experiencing with his country the difficult years of revolution, devastation and war. Adversity helps him overcome the unrequited and faithful love for the widow of Commissioner Zinochka, who bossily manages his career, not hesitating to start novels with other men. Filippok will describe the story of his life in a book that at the end of days will be presented by a terminally ill, but still dearly beloved wife, with gratitude for the experience.

A Declaration of Love

127 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 15, 1978

A Declaration of Love
The main character is a talented, but timid writer of the Filippok experiencing with his country the difficult years of revolution, devastation and war. Adversity helps him overcome the unrequited and faithful love for the widow of Commissioner Zinochka, who bossily manages his career, not hesitating to start novels with other men. Filippok will describe the story of his life in a book that at the end of days will be presented by a terminally ill, but still dearly beloved wife, with gratitude for the experience.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Объяснение в любви
Directors Ilya Averbakh
Writers Pavel Finn, Yevgeni Gabrilovich

Cast

Ewa Szykulska

as Zinochka

Yuri Bogatyryov

as Filippok

Angelina Stepanova

as old woman

Bruno Frejndlikh

as old man

Kirill Lavrov

as Gladyshev

Aleksandr Kovalenko

as investigator

Yuri Goncharov

as sailor

Nikolai Ferapontov

as blue-eyed guy

Svetlana Kryuchkova

as newlywed woman

Boris Sokolov

as violinist

Ivan Mokeyev

as tramp

Tatyana Sharkova

as Maslyonkina

Ivan Bortnik

as Kroykov

Denis Kucher

as Vaska

Dariya Mikhaylova

as girl on the steamship

Nikita Mikhajlovsky

as boy on the steamship

Lyudmila Arinina

as Serafima Petrovna

Valeriy Degtyar

as bandit

Igor Dmitriev

as passenger of steamship

Sergey Zhukovich

as bandit

Gelena Ivlieva

as Zinochka's employee

Vasili Korzun

as officer

Yefim Kamenetsky

as chekist

Yuri Medvedev

as brigade-leader

Vladimir Mishanin

as 'granddad'

Lyudmila Molokova

as Filippok's mother

Vitaliy Matveyev

as prisoner

Nadezhda Mikhailova

as registrar at the maternity hospital

Yuriy Oskin

as leader of the gang

Olga Ovcharenko

as Zinochka's employee

Ernst Romanov

as owner of the hut

Anatoliy Rudakov

as newlywed man

Yola Sanko

as Lyuba

Aleksandr Susnin

as farm chairman

Stanislav Sokolov

as vacationer on the sea

Alla Tekshina

as female bandit

Ivan Sharin

as old man

Yelena Chukhray

as vacationer on the sea

Valentina Panina

as Zinochka (voice)

Igor Efimov

as Kroykov (voice)