To Love

1h 13min

Drama

Romance

Documentary

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?”.

Production Companies

Gorky Film Studios

Moldova-Film

Cast

Lev Kruglyy

Lev Kruglyy

muscovite guy
Svetlana Svetlichnaya

Svetlana Svetlichnaya

northerner girl
Alisa Freyndlikh

Alisa Freyndlikh

Anya, tram conductor
Aleksey Eybozhenko

Aleksey Eybozhenko

guy at party
Igor Kvasha

Igor Kvasha

guy 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
Boris Gusev

Boris Gusev

taxi driver
Naum Kavunovsky

Naum Kavunovsky

hotel administrator
Valentina Karavayeva

Valentina Karavayeva

monologue recorded on tape (voice)
Aleksandr Mehn

Aleksandr Mehn

himself (uncredited)

Release date

29th Jan 1968

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Pусский