Dark Eyes (1987 film)

Dark Eyes
Film poster
Directed byNikita Mikhalkov
Written byAlexander Adabashyan
Nikita Mikhalkov
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Anton Chekhov (stories)
Produced byCarlo Cucchi
Silvia D'Amico Bendico
StarringMarcello Mastroianni
Marthe Keller
Yelena Safonova
Pina Cei
Vsevolod Larionov
Innokenti Smoktunovsky
CinematographyFranco Di Giacomo
Edited byEnzo Meniconi
Music byFrancis Lai
Distributed byRUSCICO
Release date
  • 9 September 1987 (1987-09-09)
Running time
118 minutes
CountriesItaly
Soviet Union
LanguageItalian / Russian / French

Dark Eyes (Italian: Oci ciornie; Russian: Очи чёрные; Russian pronunciation: [ˈo:t͡ɕɪ ˈt͡ɕɵ:rnɨjə]) is a 1987 Italian and Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. Set in Italy and Russia in the years before the First World War, it tells the story of a married Italian man who falls in love with a married Russian woman. Starring Marcello Mastroianni and Yelena Safonova,[1] it received positive reviews from critics. The title of the film refers to a popular Russian song of the same name written by Yevhen Hrebinka in 1843.

  1. ^ "NY Times: Dark Eyes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-04-03. Retrieved 2009-04-01.

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