They start dating. While differences in language, culture and time cause foreign viewers to lose much of the comedy the story is still good and the film's entertainment value is not diminished. Katerina meets Rudolf (Yuri Vasilyev), a smooth talker who works as a cameraman for a television channel. [1] The film received mixed reviews from critics. Nonetheless, Rodion shows up uninvited at her apartment when Katerina is having dinner with Gosha and Aleksandra. She reveals to Aleksandra that Rodion is, in fact, her father. Gosha disappears from Katerina's life. The review of this Movie prepared by Chuck Nugent. The proximity to the Western world is no longer an absolute value for modern Russia, the German newspaper wrote. Antonina (Raisa Ryazanova) is seeing Nikolai, a reserved but kind young man whose parents have a dacha in the country. As their romance begins, Rudolf (who now changed his western name to an old russian Rodion) unexpectedly reenters Katerina's life when he is assigned to film an interview with her to do a report on her factory's success at exceeding its production quota. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears is a film directed by Vladimir Menshov with Vera Alentova, Aleksey Batalov, Irina Nuraveva, Alexandr Fatiushin, Raisa Ryazanova .... Year: 1979. It was nominated for the Booker Prize, so I must not have grasped Fitzgerald’s intent or purpose. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Russian: Москва слезам не верит, romanized: Moskva slezam ne verit) is a 1980 Soviet film made by Mosfilm. Gosha is an intelligent tool-and-die maker in a research institute (where his diligent work on instrument maintenance is a great help to progress of science) who believes that a woman must not make more money than her husband, so Katerina doesn't tell him about her position. Moreover, it helps the Kremlin to pursue a more independent policy, die Zeit wrote. Upon discovering that Katerina deceived him and is not the daughter of a professor, Rodion refuses to marry her and believes that she is to have an abortion. Click on a plot link to find similar books! She sees his shabby boots and dismisses him at first, but the dialogue continues. But when a boorish cameraman (Juri Wassiliev) forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Reward - Treasury +2000 When you are planning your march into Moscow, do so not in the winter months, the cold attrition will take a toll on your troops, and that isn't a good thing, so hop between towns and cities that you capture to avoid attrition. Katerina is unable to get an abortion (in 1958 it was legal in Soviet Union until 12th week) because her pregnancy is in a late stage and ends up giving birth. The character succeeded, selling seventy -five million tickets and pleasing Gosfilm boss Fillip Ermash, whose … The film is set in Moscow in 1958 and 1979. Furthermore, if you do not believe that he became man, why do you make him in human shape rather than in that of some animal?" The plot is predictable but enjoyable and the acting excellent. The Moscow we see that does not believe in tears does believe in love, and it is not a Moscow of politics, although some people do call one another … Original title: Moskva Slezam ne Verit. Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina (Vera Alentova) and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears shows the struggles of living in Moscow. Moscow's absence at the G7 summit in Germany does not mean that Russia is politically isolated in the world. The story then jumps forward twenty years to … Ludmilla is twice divorced and still looking for her ideal man. After some additional obstacles love triumphs and Katrina finds the love that she sought when she first moved to Moscow. All three live together in a dormitory and work in a factory while seeking the brighter future promised by the big city. She is still close friends with Lyudmila and Antonina. Gosha has been binge-drinking at home for days, and Nikolai, during a "men's talk" over vodka, defends Katerina and convinces Gosha to return. At first, he does not recognize Katerina, but when he does, he wants to meet his daughter.