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An Almost Funny Story (Russian: Почти смешная история, romanized: Pochti smeshnaya istoriya) is a 1977 Soviet two-part television film directed by Pyotr Fomenko.

An Almost Funny Story
Russian: Почти смешная история
Directed by	Pyotr Fomenko
Written by	Emil Braginsky
Produced by	Vladimir Predybailov
Starring	Olga Antonova Lyudmila Arinina Mikhail Gluzsky
Cinematography	Felix Kefchiyan
Edited by	G. Ilyukhina
Music by	Sergey Nikitin Viktor Berkovsky
Production company	Studio Ekran
Release date	July 27, 1977[1]
Running time	140 min.
Country	USSR
Language	Russian

Plot

The love story of two already middle-aged people. Two sisters come to a small town on the Volga to rest. One is about fifty, the other is a little younger. They get acquainted with the most ordinary business trip, who does not at all understand that the youngest of the sisters, a little eccentric, fell in love with him at first sight.

Cast

• Olga Antonova as Illaria Pavlovna
• Lyudmila Arinina as Taisia Pavlovna, Illaria's sister
• Mikhail Gluzsky as Viktor Meshkov
• Valentin Gaft as fellow traveler on the train
• Maria Mironova as telegraph operator
• Svetlana Kharitonova as conductor
• Lyudmila Polyakova as a client at the hairdresser
• Boris Leskin as TV master

The songs are performed by Sergey Nikitin and Tatyana Nikitina.[2]

Production

Filming took place in Yaroslavl, Plyos, Odessa, and Moscow.[3]

References

External links

• An Almost Funny Story at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] An Almost Funny Story

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[ru] Почти смешная история

«Почти смешная история» — советский двухсерийный художественный телефильм 1977 года, созданный в творческом объединении «Экран». Лирическая история с элементами комедии о пробуждении чувств между пятидесятилетним вдовцом и одинокой женщиной тридцати пяти — сорока лет.

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