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To Love (1968)

Genre : Drama, Romance, Documentary

Runtime : 1H 13M

Director : Mikhail Kalik, Inna Tumanyan

Synopsis

Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.

Actors

Sergei Gurzo Ml.
Sergei Gurzo Ml.
Seryozha
Lev Kruglyy
Lev Kruglyy
muscovite guy
Antonina Leftiy
Antonina Leftiy
Nutsa
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
northerner girl
Alisa Freyndlikh
Alisa Freyndlikh
Anya, tram conductor
Ion-Gheorghe Şviţchi
Ion-Gheorghe Şviţchi
Mircea
Aleksey Eybozhenko
Aleksey Eybozhenko
guy at party
Marianna Vertinskaya
Marianna Vertinskaya
girl at party
Igor Kvasha
Igor Kvasha
guy at party
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
girl at party
Andrey Mironov
Andrey Mironov
guy at party
Anastasia Voznesenskaya
Anastasia Voznesenskaya
girl with a globe
Valentin Nikulin
Valentin Nikulin
lonely guest
Natalya Chetverikova
Natalya Chetverikova
Vera, Seryozha's girlfriend
Lyudmila Vagner
Lyudmila Vagner
'Blizzard'
Mihail Badiceanu
Mihail Badiceanu
Moraru, Mircea's father
Yan Ebner
Yan Ebner
Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina
Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina
janitor
Boris Gusev
Boris Gusev
taxi driver
Naum Kavunovsky
Naum Kavunovsky
hotel administrator
Anatoly Popov
Anatoly Popov
Valentina Karavayeva
Valentina Karavayeva
monologue recorded on tape (voice)
Aleksandr Mehn
Aleksandr Mehn
himself (uncredited)

Crews

Mikhail Kalik
Mikhail Kalik
Director
Inna Tumanyan
Inna Tumanyan
Director
Vladimir Sapozhnikov
Vladimir Sapozhnikov
Story
Ion Druţă
Ion Druţă
Story
Avenir Zak
Avenir Zak
Story
Yury Kazakov
Yury Kazakov
Story
Isai Kuznetsov
Isai Kuznetsov
Story
Mikhail Kalik
Mikhail Kalik
Writer
Dmitri Motornyy
Dmitri Motornyy
Director of Photography
Mikael Tariverdiev
Mikael Tariverdiev
Original Music Composer
Arkadi Koltsaty
Arkadi Koltsaty
Camera Operator
Stanislav Bulgakov
Stanislav Bulgakov
Production Design
Aurelia Roman
Aurelia Roman
Production Design
Yuri Ogandzhanov
Yuri Ogandzhanov
Sound
Naum Markzitser
Naum Markzitser
Makeup Artist
Zhanna Dubchak
Zhanna Dubchak
Editor

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