Melodies of a White Night | |
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Directed by |
Sergei Solovyov Kiyosi Nisimura |
Written by | Sergei Solovyov Tasiyuki Tasikura |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Georgy Rerberg |
Music by | Isaac Schwartz |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Countries | Soviet Union Japan |
Languages | Russian, Japanese |
Melodies of a White Night ( Russian: Мелодии белой ночи, romanized: Melodii beloy nochi; Japanese: 白夜の調べ) is a 1976 romantic drama directed by Sergei Solovyov. [1] [2]
A Japanese pianist ( Komaki Kurihara) travels to the Soviet Union to better understand the country's composers' production. She falls in love with Soviet composer Ilya ( Yury Solomin), who has lost his parents in the Siege of Leningrad and also his wife during childbirth. The lovers enjoy Leningrad's white summer nights, and Ilya starts composing a piano concert inspired by Yuko. A couple of years later, they meet again in Japan in Kyoto, where Ilya is conducting his piano concert, and Yuko is the soloist. Ilya finds out that Yuko is a widow and starts to experience feelings of guilt.