Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

(1980)Directed by Vladimir Menshov142 minDrama, Comedy, Romance
The Funniest, Tenderest Love Story of the Year.

Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her daughter. Love seems possible again when she meets a genial mechanic.

Vera Alentovaas Katerina
Irina Muravyovaas Lyudmila
Raisa Ryazanovaas Antonina
Boris Smorchkovas Nikolay
Yuri Vasilyevas Rachkov
Natalya Vavilovaas Aleksandra
Oleg Tabakovas Volodya
Yevgeniya Khanayevaas Rachkov's mother
Valentina Ushakovaas Nikolay's mother
Viktor Uralskyas Nikolay's father
Zoya Fyodorovaas watchwoman
Liya Akhedzhakovaas club director
Tatyana Konyukhovaas self
Georgiy Yumatovas self
Leonid Kharitonovas self
Pavel Rudakovas self
Veniamin Nechaevas self
Vladimir Basovas Anton Kruglov
Garri Bardinas chief chemical plant engineer
Irina Berezinaas Irochka
Aleksandr Borodyanskiyas Gosha's friend