Little Tragedies (film) explained

Director:	Mikhail Schweitzer
Starring:	Matluba Alimova Natalya Belokhvostikova Nikolai Burlyayev
Music:	Alfred Schnittke
Cinematography:	Mikhail Agranovich
Editor:	Natalia Alfyorova Zoya Veryovkina
Company:	Mosfilm
Runtime:	215 minutes
Country:	Soviet Union
Language:	Russian

Little Tragedies (ru|Маленькие трагедии|Malenkie tragedii) is a 1979 Soviet television miniseries directed by Mikhail Schweitzer, based on works by Alexander Pushkin.^[1] Dedicated to Pushkin's 180th birthday and 150th anniversary of , it was Vladimir Vysotsky's last movie role.

Pushkin's works used

• Scene from Faust
• • Mozart and Salieri (play)
  • The Stone Guest (play)
  • A Feast in Time of Plague (play)
• Egyptian Nights
• Гости съезжались на дачу…
• На углу маленькой площади…
• Мы проводили вечер на даче…
• Жил на свете рыцарь бедный…

Cast

• Matluba Alimova as Laura
• Natalya Belokhvostikova as Donna Anna
• Nikolai Burlyayev as Alber, young Baron
• Natalya Danilova as Princess Volskaya
• Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Ekaterina Pavlovna
• Inna Gulaya as Queen of the Night
• Ivars Kalniņš as Faust and Don Carlos (voiced by Sergei Malishevsky)
• Leonid Kayurov as Alexey Ivanovich
• Nikolai Kochegarov as Mephistopheles^[2] (voiced by Igor Yasulovich) and one of Laura's guests
• Mikhail Kokshenov as Ivan, servant
• Leonid Kuravlyov as Leporello, servant of Don Juan
• Ivan Lapikov as Priest
• Avangard Leontiev as Solomon
• Grigory Malikov (episode)
• Radner Muratov (episode)
• Svetlana Pereladova as Mary
• Filipp Smoktunovsky as Duke (voiced by Igor Yasulovich)
• Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Salieri and Old Baron
• Georgy Taratorkin as Charsky
• Aleksandr Trofimov as Chairman
• Larisa Udovichenko as Alber's fiance and Louise
• Vladimir Vysotsky as Don Juan
• Sergei Yursky as Improvisator
• Valeri Zolotukhin as Mozart

Notes and References

1. http://rushist.com/index.php/literary-articles/3376-pushkin-malenkie-tragedii-kratkoe-soderzhanie Пушкин «Маленькие трагедии» – краткое содержание
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZzdlilUQR0 Фауст и Мефистофель (видео-отрывок)