Pokrovskiye vorota (1982) (TV)

Director:

Mikhail Kozakov

Writers:

Leonid Zorin (play)
Leonid Zorin (screenplay)

Release Date:

1982 (Soviet Union)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Stories from the lives of the tennants of the Moscow's communal apatment: Kostik, who is a college student...

Plot Keywords:

Time Warp | Love | Young Boy | Wise Jew | Musician

Cast

Oleg Menshikov	...	Konstantin 'Kostik' Romin
Sofiya Pilyavskaya	...	Alisa Vitalyevna
Leonid Bronevoy	...	Arkadi Velyurov
Inna Ulyanova	...	Margarita Khobotova
Anatoli Ravikovich	...	Lev Khobotov
Viktor Bortsov	...	Savva Ignatevich
Yelena Koreneva	...	Lyudochka
Tatyana Dogileva	...	Svetlana Popova
Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina	...	Nina Orlovich
Igor Dmitriyev	...	Gleb Orlovich
Yevgeni Morgunov	...	Soyev
Natalya Krachkovskaya	...	Soyev's Wife
Valentina Voilkova	...	Rita (as V. Voilkova)
Emmanuil Geller	...	Savelyich (as E. Geller)
Yevgeni Kuleshov		(as Ye. Kuleshov)

Also Known As:

Покровские ворота (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Pokrov Gates (USA)
The Pokrovskie Gate (International: English title)
The Pokrovsky Gate (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
The Pokrovsky Gates (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

140 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

Mosfilm

Trivia:

Soviet censorship had a problem with the film's final sequence, where a motorcycle seems to be flying away. The asked the director, Mikhail Kozakov, "Where is it flying away to? Israel?" (referring to the massive immigration of Russian Jews to Israel at that time). Stunned, Kozakov replied, "No, to the future."

Movie Connections:

References Karnavalnaya noch (1956)

Highly overrated

This is very much overrated. I guess it carries some nostalgic value for many people. It has its moments, but every scene is heavily overacted and the plot is quite shallow. With this cast it could have been much better.