Wartime Romance

Wartime Romance
(Военно-полевой роман)
Wartime Romance; (Военно-полевой роман)
Directed by	Pyotr Todorovsky
Written by	Pyotr Todorovsky
Starring	Nikolai Burlyayev; Natalya Andrejchenko; Inna Churikova
Cinematography	Valery Blinov
Music by	Pyotr Todorovsky; Igor Kantyukov
Production; company	Odessa Film Studio
Release date	1983;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Wartime Romance (Russian: Военно-полевой роман, romanized: Voenno-polevoy roman) is a 1983 Soviet film directed by Pyotr Todorovsky. It tells the story of a soldier and a nurse separated by World War II and briefly reunited in 1950.^[1]

Plot[]

Sasha is a former Red Army soldier married to a teacher and attending a university. He also works as a motion picture operator at a local theatre. One winter day, he meets a gruffish woman street vendor with a child. Sasha recognizes her to be Lyuba, a former military nurse he worshipped during the war. He starts dating her and looking after her child. After learning about their affair, Sasha's wife invites Lyuba to their kommunalka and throws a little party for the lovers.

Sasha proves to be too mild-mannered to keep Lyuba under control once she regained her former beauty and self-esteem. She starts a relationship with a local Communist party official. Sasha eventually comes to understand that Lyuba is not the ideal woman he once thought her to be. He is reunited with his patient wife.

Cast[]

Nikolai Burlyayev as Netuzhilin
Natalya Andrejchenko as Lyuba
Inna Churikova as Vera
as Kat'ka
Zinovy Gerdt as Administrator
as Administrator's wife
as Novikov
Vsevolod Shilovsky as Grisha
Aleksandr Martynov as Kombat
as Lotochnitsa
as Malyanov
as Terekhin

Awards and nominations[]

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[2]
Inna Churikova won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

References[]

^ Anna Lawton Kinoglasnost: Soviet Cinema in Our Time 1992 0521388147 p.42 "Quite different in tone are the films of Pyotr Todorovsky, Waiting for Love (1983) and A Wartime Romance (1984). These are delightfully unpretentious comedies, ..."
^ "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
^ "Berlinale: 1984 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-06.

External links[]

Wartime Romance at IMDb

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[1] Anna Lawton Kinoglasnost: Soviet Cinema in Our Time 1992 0521388147 p.42 "Quite different in tone are the films of Pyotr Todorovsky, Waiting for Love (1983) and A Wartime Romance (1984). These are delightfully unpretentious comedies, ..."

[Oscars1985-2] "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-10-30.

[Berlinale-3] "Berlinale: 1984 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-06.

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