The Sisters (1957 film)
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Directed by | Grigori Roshal |
Written by | Boris Chirskov |
Based on | Sisters by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy |
Starring | Rufina Nifontova Nina Veselovskaya Vadim Medvedev Nikolai Gritsenko Viktor Sharlakhov Vladimir Muravyov |
Cinematography | Leonid Kosmatov |
Edited by | Yeva Ladyzhenskaya |
Music by | Dmitry Kabalevsky |
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Distributed by | Artkino Pictures |
Release date | 24 September 1957 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The Sisters (Russian: Сёстры, romanized: Syostry) is a 1957 Soviet epic film directed by Grigori Roshal.[1] It based on Sisters (1918–1922), the first part of Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's The Road to Calvary trilogy.[2][3][4][5][6]
Production[]
The Sisters was filmed in St. Petersburg, including in the Summer Garden.[7] Music was composed by Dmitry Kabalevsky.[8]
Plot[]
The Russian Empire during the First World War; two sisters in Petrograd pursue romance in the runup to the Russian Revolution.[9][10]
Release[]
The Sisters was released in the Soviet Union on 24 September 1957, and in the West in 1959.[11]
It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1957, with 42.5 million tickets sold.[12]
References[]
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- ^ "Soviet Film". January 11, 1974 – via Google Books.
- ^ "THE INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FILM". January 11, 1972 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Bundesarchiv - Recherche - Detailansicht - "Der Leidensweg Teil I - Die Schwestern (Choshdenije po mukam) (Sestri) (1957)"".
- ^ Раскина, Ирина. "5. Кадр из фильма Сестры 1957 г".
- ^ Craggs, Stewart R. (May 3, 2019). Soundtracks: International Dictionary of Composers of Music for Film. Routledge. ISBN 9780429777431 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Sisters (1957)" – via letterboxd.com.
- ^ "Сестры 1957 смотреть онлайн ретро фильм в хорошем качестве". retrogid.ru.
- ^ Christie, Ian; Taylor, Professor Richard; Taylor, Richard (October 12, 2012). The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge. ISBN 9781135082512 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kudryavtsev, Sergey (4 July 2006). "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате" [Domestic Films in Soviet Film Distribution]. LiveJournal (in Russian). Retrieved 4 February 2019.
External links[]
- The Sisters at IMDb
- Сёстры ("Хождение по мукам") (драма, реж. Григорий Рошаль, 1959 г.) on YouTube (in Russian, no subtitles)
Categories:
- Russian-language films
- 1957 drama films
- Soviet historical drama films
- Mosfilm films
- Films directed by Grigori Roshal
- Films set in Saint Petersburg
- Films about sisters
- Films set on the Russian Empire home front during World War I