White Nights (1959 film)

White Nights
Russian: Белые ночи
Directed by	Ivan Pyryev
Written by	Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel) Ivan Pyryev
Starring	Lyudmila Marchenko Oleg Strizhenov Anatoli Fedorinov Svetlana Kharitonova Yakov Belenkiy
Cinematography	Valentin Pavlov
Edited by	M. Renkova
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1959 (1959)
Running time	97 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

White Nights (Russian: Белые ночи, romanized: Belye nochi) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Ivan Pyryev.[1][2][3]

Plot

The film takes place in St. Petersburg in the middle of the 19th century in the summer. The film tells about a lonely dreamer, who meets a girl named Nastya, whom he immediately falls in love with. Every night they walk around the city together. It seems to the dreamer that he has found his soul mate, but another man appears in Nastya's life...[4]

Cast

• Lyudmila Marchenko as Nastya
• Oleg Strizhenov as the dreamer[5]
• Anatoli Fedorinov as Nastya's fiancé
• Svetlana Kharitonova as Fyokla
• Yakov Belenkiy as duke
• Yevgeny Morgunov as guard
• Vera Popova as Praskovya Ivanovna
• Ariadna Shengelaya as slave in dance dreams
• Irina Skobtseva as duchess
• Iozas Udras as episode
• Sergei Troitsky as drunken merchant[6]
• Galina Polskikh as episode at the ball (uncredited)

References

1. Неудачную пластику икон советского кино высмеяли в сети: Ужасный фотошоп
2. Как пророчество разрушило жизнь и карьеру последней кинозвезды сталинской эпохи
3. Как сложилась личная жизнь и карьера лучшей актрисы СССР
4. Белые ночи // КиноПоиск
5. Олегу Стриженову – 89: Почему знаменитый актер заслужил славу «неудобного» героя
6. White Nights (1960) Full Cast / Crew

External links

• White Nights at IMDb