Soviet actors singing about cinema history? Yes, and it's unhinged.
A musical program about the history of the development of the art of cinema.
Acting
Spartak Mishulin plays seven roles including Lumière AND a peasant woman.
Costume
Wild West sheriffs to Parisian widows in 43 minutes flat.
Director
Yevgeni Ginzburg
Lyudmila Gurchenko
соседка / мамаша / девушка с Дикого Запада
Spartak Mishulin
Огюст Люмьер / Куплетист / Бродяга / Старая селянка
Nikolai Karachentsov
вдова / парижанин
Yuri Volyntsev
Фандор / многодетный папаша / рыжий жених / бармен
Yevgeni Morgunov
шериф / полисмен / сосед / пограничник
Natalya Krachkovskaya
пышная поселянка / пограничница / многодетная мамаша
Emmanuil Vitorgan
Фантомас / ковбой
Vyacheslav Bogachyov
куплетист / Луи Люмьер
Gennadiy Khazanov
комиссар Жюв
Lyubov Polishchuk
контрабандистка
Natalya Seleznyova
Элен
Valentina Sharykina
прекрасная поселянка
Alla Pugacheva
дочь (голос)
Valentin Nikulin
исполнение финальной песни "Будет так"
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for Soviet TV in 1977, this was state-funded film education disguised as variety show chaos.
Lyudmila Gurchenko was a massive Soviet star who'd later publicly criticize the very system that produced this.
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