drama film
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. It is based on the
screenplay
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directed
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Mathematics
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Computing
* Direct access (disambiguation), a ...
by
Ilya Averbakh
Ilya Aleksandrovich Averbakh (; July 28, 1934, in Leningrad – January 11, 1986, in Moscow) was a Soviet film director.Natalya Sayko) is starring in a new film, but in the middle of the film production she is suddenly hospitalized with a serious illness. The film director (
Leonid Filatov
Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov ( rus, Леонид Алексеевич Филатов, p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit əlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlatəf, a=Lyeonid Alyeksyeyevich Filatov.ru.vorb.oga; 24 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet an ...
) is emotionally involved; he becomes nervous and frustrated because the film cannot be completed without the leading actress. All crew members are nervous witnessing the unfolding disaster, but the actress comes back from her hospital bed to the studio to continue her work in post-production. Yulia is so devoted to being original in creative process that she cannot allow her character speaking with the voice of another actress, so she deals with her health condition by taking drugs to overcome the pain, in order to contribute her original voice to the film. The cast and crew members are helping the leading star to continue working while she is still suffering with terminal condition, so she delivers her role elegantly thus contributing to successful result. Her original voice slightly altered by her illness brings a new depth and meaning to the film after her death.
Leonid Filatov
Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov ( rus, Леонид Алексеевич Филатов, p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit əlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlatəf, a=Lyeonid Alyeksyeyevich Filatov.ru.vorb.oga; 24 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet an ...
as Film director Sergei
*Grigori Kalatozishvili as Writer
*Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina as Anna Viktorova
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Vsevolod Shilovsky
Vsevolod Nikolaevich Shilovsky (; born 3 June 1938, Moscow ) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986). He was awarded the Order of Friendship (1997) and the Order of Honour (Russia), Orde ...
as Cameraman
*Sergei Bekhterev as Composer
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Petr Shelokhonov
Petr Illarionovich Shelokhonov, (, , , ; in English also spelled 'Peter' or 'Pyotr' or 'Petr'; 15 August 1929 – 15 September 1999) was a Russian actor, director, filmmaker and socialite, designated Honorable Actor of Russia (1979). A strong ...
as Producer Leonid Borisovich
*Vasili Bochkarev as Arkady
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Yelena Safonova
Yelena Vsevolodovna Safonova (; born 14 June 1956 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet and a Russian actress. She is an Honored Artist of Russia (2011). She was made famous by the 1985 melodrama ''Winter Cherry'' and its two sequels. In 1988, she was ...
as Sveta
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Tatyana Kravchenko
Tatyana Eduardovna Kravchenko (; born 9 December 1953, Donetsk Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Russia (2002).
as Nurse Nadya
*Tatyana Pankova as art director
*Georgy Berezovsky as sound technician
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Tatyana Lavrova
Tatyana Yevgenievna Lavrova (; real name Andrikanis, June 7, 1938 — May 16, 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema. People's Artist of the RSFSR.
Biography
The daughter of cinematographers Yevgeniy Nikolayevich Andri ...
as Akhtyrskaya
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Mikhail Gluzsky
Mikhail Andreyevich Gluzsky (June 15, 2001) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He starred in the 1972 film, ''Monologue (film), Monologue'', which was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. An actor in more than 130 films bet ...
as Pavel Platonovich
*Tatyana Rodionova as Film editor
*Alla Osipenko as Julia's neighbor
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Boris Eifman
Boris Eifman (Борис Яковлевич Эйфман; born 22 July 1946) is a Russian choreographer and artistic director. He has done more than fifty ballet productions.
Biography
Eifman was born in Rubtsovsk, Siberia, where his engineer ...
as cameo
*Andrei Urgant as cameo
* Igor Yefimov as cameo
*Sergei Snezhkin as cameo
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Nina Usatova
Nina Nikolayevna Usatova (; born October 1, 1951, in Altai Krai) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of Russia (1994).
as cameo
Production
The film was produced by Lenfilm studios in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia, former USSR. Filming locations were in the city of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and its suburbs, as well as in Moscow. Post-production was done at Lenfilm studios. Production dates were from October 1980 to October 1982.
Reception
The film was released on 18 December 1982, in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), with the premiere at the (House of Film) in Leningrad. Attendance was 2.3 million viewers internationally in the first year after release. The film was released in East Germany on 28 October 1983, with narration and subtitles in German.
Facts and connections
*The original director's cut was 93 minutes; currently available copies are reduced to 87 min.
*This was the first Soviet film openly dealing with drug and alcohol abuse among Soviet actors, alluding to artists struggling with the system. The title, ''Golos'' (meaning 'voice'), has allusion to the voice of
Vladimir Vysotsky
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (25 January 193825 July 1980) was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor who had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture. He became widely known for his unique singing style and for his lyrics, which ...
, a dissident star actor and singer who died at age 42, in 1980. Director Ilya Averbakh knew Vysotsky, so the film Golos was made to support those with independent mind and voice.
*Director Ilya Averbakh died aged 51, three years after the film was released.
*Director Ilya Averbakh was a medical doctor, before he became a film director, so he had additional professional knowledge and understanding about stress and pressures on independent minds in the Soviet Union.
*The film ''Golos'' was released after the death of Leonid Brezhnev when KGB chief
Yuri Andropov
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov ( – 9 February 1984) was a Soviet politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from late 1982 until his death in 1984. He previously served as the List of Chairmen of t ...