Theatrical release: 1969
DVD release: 2004
Sound formats: Dolby Digital
Language(s): Russian
Subtitles: Russian, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese
Format: 16:9
Genre(s): Melodrama, Classic films

Director:
Andrej Mikhalkov-Konchalovskij

Script:
Andrej Mikhalkov-Konchalovskij, Valentin Ezhov

Camera:
Georgij Rerberg

Music:
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

Cast:
Nikita Mikhalkov, Vasilij Merkur’ev, Leonid Kulagin, Beata Tyshkevich, Elena Tyapkina, Irina Kupchenko, Sergej Nikonenko, Viktor Sergachev, Nonna Terent’eva (Novosyadlova ), Aleksandr Kostomolotskij, Mariya Durasova, Nikolaj Gubenko, Tamara Chernova, Vladimir Kochurikhin

Art Director:
Aleksandr Bojm, Nikolaj Dvigubskij, Mikhail Romadin


●　A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The film portrays the life of Russian landed gentry in the 1840s.

After a long travel in Europe, nobleman Lavretsky returns back home. Everything in his estate is so familiar and dear to his heart. On his first visit to his neighbors, the Kalitins, he meets Lisa. He forgets his wife, left in Paris, forgets all his past. He desires only one thing – to always be with Lisa who is so unlike the women he used to know.

Special Freatures:
Interviews with director Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, scriptwriter Valentin Yezhov;
Biography of I.Turgenev;
Filmographies;
Photo album