''Little Tragedies'' () is a 1979 Soviet

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directed by

Mikhail Schweitzer Mikhail (Moisei) Abramovich Schweitzer (, 16 February 1920, Perm, Russia, Perm – 2 June 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Biography Mikhail Schweitzer graduated from the ...

, based on works by

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...

. Dedicated to Pushkin's 180th birthday and 150th anniversary of ', it was Vladimir Vysotsky's last movie role.

Pushkin's works used

* '' Scene from Faust'' * ' ** ''Mozart and Salieri'' (play) ** ' ** '' The Stone Guest'' (play) ** '' A Feast in Time of Plague'' (play) * '' Egyptian Nights'' * ''Гости съезжались на дачу…'' * ''На углу маленькой площади…'' * ''Мы проводили вечер на даче…'' * ''Жил на свете рыцарь бедный…''

Cast

* Matluba Alimova as ''Laura'' * Natalya Belokhvostikova as ''Donna Anna'' * Nikolai Burlyayev as ''Alber, young Baron'' * Natalya Danilova as ''Princess Volskaya'' * Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as ''Ekaterina Pavlovna'' * Inna Gulaya as ''Queen of the Night'' * Ivars Kalniņš as ''Faust'' and ''Don Carlos'' (voiced by Sergei Malishevsky) * Leonid Kayurov as ''Alexey Ivanovich'' * Nikolai Kochegarov as ''

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''Фауст и Мефистофель (видео-отрывок)
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Mikhail Kokshenov Mikhail Mikhailovich Kokshenov (16 September 1936, Moscow – 4 June 2020, Krasnogorsky District, Moscow Oblast) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of Russia (2002). Biography Mikhail Kokshenov wa ...

as ''Ivan, servant'' * Leonid Kuravlyov as ''Leporello, servant of Don Juan'' * Ivan Lapikov as ''Priest'' *

Avangard Leontiev Avangard Nikolaevich Leontiev (; born February 27, 1947, in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, teacher, professor. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1995). Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995) ...

as ''Solomon'' *Grigory Malikov (''episode'') * Radner Muratov (''episode'') * Svetlana Pereladova as ''Mary'' * Filipp Smoktunovsky as ''Duke'' (voiced by Igor Yasulovich) *

Innokenty Smoktunovsky Innokenty Mikhailovich Smoktunovsky (; born ''Smoktunovich'', 28 March 19253 August 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. Early life Smo ...

as ''Salieri'' and ''Old Baron'' * Georgy Taratorkin as ''Charsky'' * Aleksandr Trofimov as ''Chairman'' * Larisa Udovichenko as ''Alber's fiance'' and ''Louise'' * Vladimir Vysotsky as ''Don Juan'' * Sergei Yursky as ''Improvisator'' * Valeri Zolotukhin as ''Mozart''

References

External links

* 1979 television films Soviet television films Soviet television miniseries Films based on works by Aleksandr Pushkin Films directed by Mikhail Shveytser Films scored by Alfred Schnittke Mosfilm films Studio Ekran films 1970s Soviet television series Vladimir Vysotsky 1979 in the Soviet Union 1970s television miniseries Cultural depictions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cultural depictions of Antonio Salieri 1970s Soviet films Films based on the Don Juan legend {{1970s-USSR-film-stub