A Forgotten Tune for the Flute Movie Review 1988

A delightful, Glasnost-era romantic comedy. A bureaucrat caught up in a dull, stuffy existence has a heart attack and winds up falling in love with his nurse. He then must decide between his comfortable, cared-for life or the love which beckons him. In Russian with English subtitles.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 131 minutes.
Originally from Russian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy

Cast

Leonid Filatov, Tatiana Dogileva, Irina Kupchenko

Director

Edgar Ryazanov

Producer

Sovexportfilm USSR, Fries Entertainment