Movie: How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea

Top 10 Billed Cast

Aleksei Zharkov
Алексей Жарков

Stepanych

Natalya Negoda
Natalya Negoda

Lena Fomkina

Aleksandr Mironov
Александр Миронов

Kondakov

Anastasiya Vertinskaya
Анастасия Вертинская

Dunya Fomkina, Lena's mother

Aleksandr Lenkov
Александр Леньков

Igor Ivanovich, Lena's father

Andrey Sokolov
Андрей Соколов

Boris

Anna Tikhonova
Anna Tikhonova

Zhanna Frolova

Grigori Manukov
Grigori Manukov

Oleg Strelnikov

Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
Вацлав Дворжецкий

Fyodor Strelnikov

Igor Zolotovitsky
Игорь Золотовицкий

Aleksandr Gubanishchev

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    In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.

  • Release Date

    1989-03-25

  • Average

    3.8

  • Rating:

    1.9 starts
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    Pусский
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