Pokrovskiye vorota (1982) (TV)

Director:

Mikhail Kozakov

Writers:

Leonid Zorin (play)
Leonid Zorin (screenplay)

Release Date:

1982 (Soviet Union)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Stories from the lives of the tennants of the Moscow's communal apatment: Kostik, who is a college student...

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Flashback | Wedding | Time Warp | Biker

Cast

Oleg Menshikov	...	Konstantin 'Kostik' Romin
Sofiya Pilyavskaya	...	Alisa Vitalyevna
Leonid Bronevoy	...	Arkadi Velyurov
Inna Ulyanova	...	Margarita Khobotova
Anatoli Ravikovich	...	Lev Khobotov
Viktor Bortsov	...	Savva Ignatevich
Yelena Koreneva	...	Lyudochka
Tatyana Dogileva	...	Svetlana Popova
Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina	...	Nina Orlovich
Igor Dmitriyev	...	Gleb Orlovich
Yevgeni Morgunov	...	Soyev
Natalya Krachkovskaya	...	Soyev's Wife
Valentina Voilkova	...	Rita (as V. Voilkova)
Emmanuil Geller	...	Savelyich (as E. Geller)
Yevgeni Kuleshov		(as Ye. Kuleshov)

Also Known As:

Покровские ворота (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Pokrov Gates (USA)
The Pokrovskie Gate (International: English title)
The Pokrovsky Gate (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
The Pokrovsky Gates (Europe: English title)
La puerta Pokrovskie (Argentina) [es]
Pokrovsky Gates (Russia) (DVD box title) [ru]

Runtime:

140 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

Mosfilm

Trivia:

Soviet censorship had a problem with the film's final sequence, where a motorcycle seems to be flying away. The asked the director, Mikhail Kozakov, "Where is it flying away to? Israel?" (referring to the massive immigration of Russian Jews to Israel at that time). Stunned, Kozakov replied, "No, to the future."

Movie Connections:

References Karnavalnaya noch (1956)

Beautiful, kind, and supremely well done.

This is a sweet, kind, beautifully filmed story of life in the late fifties Moscow, as seen by a young student, come from the provinces to live with his elderly aunt (the talented and breathtakingly beautiful Sofiya Pilyavskaya), in a shadowy communal apartment. If you are not watching in translation, take note of the songs. The three main songs of this film are nearly the most famous fifties songs written by the late, great Bulat Okudzhava. Leonid Bronevoy (memorable as Muller in "The Seventeen Moments of Spring" mini-series), is charming as the aging singer, Velyurov, and the unforgettable Morgunov has a brief part as the song-writer, dominated by his "evil genius" of a wife. This is a charming film.