Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino (1977)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Nikita Mikhalkov

Writers:

Aleksandr Adabashyan (writer)
Anton Chekhov (play)

Release Date:

24 February 1978 (Finland)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Early in the 20th century, family and friends gather at the country estate of a general's widow, Anna Petrovna...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Play

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Aleksandr Kalyagin	...	Mikhail Vassilyevich Platonov
Yelena Solovey	...	Sophia Yegorovna
Yevgeniya Glushenko	...	Sashenka
Antonina Shuranova	...	Anna Petrovna Voinitseva
Yuri Bogatyryov	...	Sergey Pavlovich Voinitsev
Oleg Tabakov	...	Pavel Petrovich Shcherbuk
Nikolai Pastukhov	...	Porfiry Semyonovich Glagolyev
Pavel Kadochnikov	...	Ivan Ivanovich Triletsky
Nikita Mikhalkov	...	Nikolai Ivanovich Triletsky
Anatoli Romashin	...	Gerasim Kuzmich Petrin
Natalya Nazarova	...	Verochka
Kseniya Minina	...	Lizochka
Sergei Nikonenko	...	Yakov
Sergei Guryev	...	Petechka (as Seryozha Guryev)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
S. Bachkyrova
Gennadi Ivanov
Valentin Komissarov		(as V. Komissarov)
Vyacheslav Maksakov		(as V. Maksakov)
Marat Yusim

Also Known As:

Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино (Soviet Union: Russian title)
An Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano
Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11

Company:

Mosfilm

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In a scene towards the end of the film where Platonov storms down a hallway, he walks past a person just to his right who is clearly a crew member wearing modern clothing and holding a piece of equipment.

Movie Connections:

Version of "BBC Play of the Month: Platonov (#6.9)" (1971)

this film is perfect!

If you read Anton Chekhov, you will not find this story in his plays. However, this film was made by Chekhov. If you love his works and if you are able to feel their spirit, you will love this wonderful film. Because the main intention was to feel and reproduce this unique atmosphere of Chekhov's works. Mikhalkov did it perfectly. I have to say, it's very hard thing as there are actually very few good films made by Chekhov's plays and later stories. Mikhalkov reproduced this boredom of insignificant people's lives and despair of the main character (Mikhail Platonov). Chekhov is my favorite author and I guess I know what is good and what is bad in those films by his works. If Chekhov's name isn't just a name for you, you HAVE TO get this film and watch it!!! It's the best film by Chekhov I've ever seen.