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White Nights 1959 Directed by Ivan Pyryev Белые ночи

Based on the short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, it is about a young man living in Saint Petersburg who suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited as the woman misses her lover, with whom she is finally reunited.

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gneres Drama , Romance
Production Company Mosfilm
Release Date 1 January 1959
Cast
Oleg Strizhenov
Oleg Strizhenov Dreamer
Lyudmila Marchenko
Lyudmila Marchenko Nastenka
Vera Popova
Vera Popova grandmother
Anatoli Fedorinov
Anatoli Fedorinov tenant
Svetlana Kharitonova
Svetlana Kharitonova Fyokla
Irina Skobtseva
Irina Skobtseva duchess
Ariadna Shengelaia
Ariadna Shengelaia slave girl
Yakov Belenkiy
Yakov Belenkiy duke
Sergei Troitsky
Sergei Troitsky merchant
Yevgeni Morgunov
Yevgeni Morgunov warder
Crew
Director
Ivan Pyryev
Ivan Pyryev
Writer
Ivan Pyryev
Ivan Pyryev
Cinematography
Valentin Pavlov
Valentin Pavlov
Editor
Mariya Renkova
Mariya Renkova
Production Design
Stalen Volkov
Stalen Volkov
Sound
Evgeniya Indlina
Evgeniya Indlina
Visual Effects
Vasiliy Golikov
Vasiliy Golikov
Original Writer
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Costume Design
Konstantin Savitsky
Konstantin Savitsky
Makeup Artist
Anna Patenovskaya
Anna Patenovskaya
Music
Arnold Roytman
Arnold Roytman