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, 1993.

Plot

In a distant garrison town, life proceeds at a measured pace. The officers drink and debauch, while the soldiers serve. Meanwhile, the accidentally unleashed human emotions are suffocated by the atmosphere of cruelty and hypocrisy. Lt. Poletaev ( Yevgeny Mironov) is an irrepressible character. Even the grim nature of service in the Red Army following World War II isn't enough to dampen his spirits. Instead, he keeps things lively by accompanying the base's chorus on his accordion, and by attempting to get women to join the chorus. He succeeds in both his aims. Not only that, but he also has romantic chemistry with one of the female singers (

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). Unfortunately for him, she is the live-in lover of his boss, Col. Vinogradov (

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Cast

as Colonel Vinogradov *

as Lyuba Antipova * Yevgeny Mironov as Lieutenant Vladimir Poletaev *

Elena Yakovleva Elena Alexeevna Yakovleva (; born 5 March 1961) is a Soviet and Russian actress known for her roles in such films as '' Intergirl'' and '' Encore, Once More Encore!'' as well as for the main role in the popular TV-series ''Kamenskaya''. She ...

as Anya Kryukova *

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as Captain Ivan Kryukov * Larisa Malevannaya as Vinogradov's wife * Andrey Ilin as sergeant * Vladimir Ilyin as Captain Liкhovol, intendant * Lyudmila Gnilova as Barkhatova *

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as divisional commander

Production

"I made a film about love. About a Lieutenant, who fell in love with a Colonel's young and beautiful wife. The Colonel' s got two wives: the first from the pre-war times and the second whom he met in the war and fell head over heels. Pangs of conscience, painful doubts, sidelong glances. Only shot in the head can cleave this knot.", says director

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