White Nights (1959 film)

White Nights
White Nights
	Russian: Белые ночи
Directed by	Ivan Pyryev
Written by	Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel); Ivan Pyryev;
Starring	Lyudmila Marchenko; Oleg Strizhenov; Anatoli Fedorinov; Svetlana Kharitonova; Yakov Belenkiy;
Cinematography	Valentin Pavlov
Edited by	M. Renkova
Production; company	Mosfilm
Release date	1959;
Running time	97 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

White Nights (Russian: Белые ночи, romanized: Belye nochi) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Ivan Pyryev.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

The film takes place in St. Petersburg in the middle of the 19th century in the summer. The film tells about a lonely dreamer, who meets a girl named Nastya, whom he immediately falls in love with. Every night they walk around the city together. It seems to the dreamer that he has found his soul mate, but another man appears in Nastya's life...^[4]

Cast

Lyudmila Marchenko as Nastya
Oleg Strizhenov as the dreamer^[5]
Anatoli Fedorinov as Nastya's fiancé
Svetlana Kharitonova as Fyokla
Yakov Belenkiy as duke
Yevgeny Morgunov as guard
Vera Popova as Praskovya Ivanovna
Ariadna Shengelaya as slave in dance dreams
Irina Skobtseva as duchess
Iozas Udras as episode
Sergei Troitsky as drunken merchant^[6]
Galina Polskikh as episode at the ball (uncredited)

References

External links

White Nights at IMDb

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[6] White Nights (1960) Full Cast / Crew

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