Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

The Funniest, Tenderest Love Story of the Year.

1980 ru 142 minutes

Rating: 7.56

Plot

Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her daughter. Love seems possible again when she meets a genial mechanic.

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Cast

Vera Alentova

Vera Alentova

Katerina

Aleksey Batalov

Aleksey Batalov

Gosha

Irina Muravyova

Irina Muravyova

Lyudmila

Aleksandr Fatyushin

Aleksandr Fatyushin

Gurin

Raisa Ryazanova

Raisa Ryazanova

Antonina

Boris Smorchkov

Boris Smorchkov

Nikolay

Yuri Vasilyev

Yuri Vasilyev

Rachkov

Natalya Vavilova

Natalya Vavilova

Aleksandra

Oleg Tabakov

Oleg Tabakov

Volodya

Yevgeniya Khanayeva

Yevgeniya Khanayeva

Rachkov's mother

Valentina Ushakova

Valentina Ushakova

Nikolay's mother

Viktor Uralsky

Viktor Uralsky

Nikolay's father

Zoya Fyodorova

Zoya Fyodorova

watchwoman

Liya Akhedzhakova

Liya Akhedzhakova

club director

Tatyana Konyukhova

Tatyana Konyukhova

self

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

self

Georgiy Yumatov

Georgiy Yumatov

self

Leonid Kharitonov

Leonid Kharitonov

self

Pavel Rudakov

Pavel Rudakov

self

Veniamin Nechaev

Veniamin Nechaev

self

Vladimir Basov

Vladimir Basov

Anton Kruglov

Garri Bardin

Garri Bardin

chief chemical plant engineer

Irina Berezina

Irina Berezina

Irochka

Aleksandr Borodyanskiy

Aleksandr Borodyanskiy

Gosha's friend

Larisa Barabanova

Larisa Barabanova

bakery worker

Mikhail Bocharov

Mikhail Bocharov

Boris Aleksandrovich

Inna Vykhodtseva

Inna Vykhodtseva

television director

Elena Volskaya

Elena Volskaya

skyscraper watchman

Vladimir Gusev

Vladimir Gusev

General

Larisa Danilina

Larisa Danilina

bride

Aleksandra Denisova

Aleksandra Denisova

Gosha's neighbor

Aleksandra Danilova

Aleksandra Danilova

Gosha's neighbor

Galina Dobrovolskaya

Galina Dobrovolskaya

bakery worker

Aleksandr Zhiltsov

Aleksandr Zhiltsov

Nikita, Aleksandra's friend

Tatyana Zhukova-Kirtbaya

Tatyana Zhukova-Kirtbaya

Polina

Mikhail Zimin

Mikhail Zimin

professor Tikhomirov

Ivetta Kiselyova

Ivetta Kiselyova

Margarita

Muza Krepkogorskaya

Muza Krepkogorskaya

General's wife

Yuri Koblov

Yuri Koblov

Gena

Nikolai Kuznetsov

Nikolai Kuznetsov

Nikolay Vasilyevich

Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya

Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya

hospital nurse

Viktor Lazarev

Viktor Lazarev

old man in elevator

Vladislav Matveev

Vladislav Matveev

Vitya Rachkov

Viktor Neznanov

Viktor Neznanov

poet

Eduard Ozeryanskiy

Eduard Ozeryanskiy

self

Dmitri Popov

Dmitri Popov

Gena

Vladlen Paulus

Vladlen Paulus

Pyotr Lednev

Lyudmila Stoyanova

Lyudmila Stoyanova

Lyudochka

Yuri Perov

Yuri Perov

Perov, PHD

Natalia Sanko

Natalia Sanko

Katerina's co-worker

Alfred Solyanov

Alfred Solyanov

Gosha's friend

Nina Savishcheva

Nina Savishcheva

Marina

Anatoli Chebotaryov

Anatoli Chebotaryov

Anatoliy Grigoryevich

Taysiya Shutova

Taysiya Shutova

bride

Gennadiy Yalovich

Gennadiy Yalovich

Dima

Boris Andreev

Boris Andreev

domino player (uncredited)

Andrei Voznesenskiy

Andrei Voznesenskiy

self (uncredited)

Aleksei Drozdov

Aleksei Drozdov

domino player (uncredited)

Yuri Zaev

Yuri Zaev

wedding guest (uncredited)

Mikhail Kalinkin

Mikhail Kalinkin

wedding guest (uncredited)

Andrey Kartashov

Andrey Kartashov

film crew member (uncredited)

Roman Kopeykin

Roman Kopeykin

hooligan (uncredited)

Vladimir Menshov

Vladimir Menshov

Gosha's friend (uncredited)

Aleksandr Novikov

Aleksandr Novikov

plasterer (uncredited)

Aleksandr Petrov

Aleksandr Petrov

trade union head (uncredited)

Yuri Potyomkin

Yuri Potyomkin

admirer (uncredited)

Aleksandr Pyatkov

Aleksandr Pyatkov

accordionist at wedding (uncredited)

Raisa Sazonova

Raisa Sazonova

hostel neighbour (uncredited)

Galina Samokhina

Galina Samokhina

store customer (uncredited)

Igor Surovtsev

Igor Surovtsev

wedding guest (uncredited)

Vladislav Serdyuk

Vladislav Serdyuk

pub visitor (uncredited)

Nikolay Styrov

Nikolay Styrov

hooligan (uncredited)

Ivan Turchenkov

Ivan Turchenkov

Shorty at Pub (uncredited)

Vladimir Firsov

Vladimir Firsov

bypasser (uncredited)

Aleksey Shubin

Aleksey Shubin

Antonina and Nikolay's son (uncredited)

Mikhail Shubin

Mikhail Shubin

Antonina and Nikolay's son (uncredited)

Igor Godlevskiy

Igor Godlevskiy

visitor to the Lenin Library (uncredited)

Kaleriya Studenkina

Kaleriya Studenkina

episode (uncredited)

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