An Old-Fashioned Comedy

1h 32m
DramaRomance
4.2

Based on the play of the same name by Aleksei Arbuzov. The meeting between the chief physician of the sanatorium Rodion Nikolayevich and the patient Lydia Vasilievna begins with a conflict: the woman managed to break the sanatorium regime in the very first days of her stay. However, soon the acquaintance of two middle-aged people turns into friendship, and then into mutual sympathy...

Cast

Alisa Freyndlikh
Lidiya Vasilyevna
Igor Vladimirov
Rodion Nikolayevich
Tamara Sovchi
barmaid (uncredited)
Boris Tokarev
Lidiya Vasilyevna's son (uncredited)
Galina Besedina
singer in a cafe (uncredited)

Crew

Era Savelyeva
Director
Tatyana Berezantseva
Director
Aleksei Arbuzov
Writer, Theatre Play
Vladimir Zheleznikov
Writer
Nadezhda Anikeyeva
Editor
Boris Kocherov
Director of Photography
Aleksei Parkhomenko
Production Design
Konstantin Forostenko
Production Design
Olga Sergeyeva
Makeup Artist
Leonid Bulgakov
Sound
Mikael Tariverdiev
Original Music Composer

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