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White Nights (1959)

Directed by Ivan Pyryev

Overview

Based on the short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Petersburg 40s of the XIX century. Summer, white nights. On the banks of the Neva, the Dreamer meets Nastenka. Five nights, walking around the city, young people talk about themselves. Having lost faith in the feelings of the person whom she loves, Nastenka promises the Dreamer in love with her to marry him, but… the other appears, Nastenka is happy again, and the Dreamer is alone again.

Actors

Lyudmila Marchenko | Oleg Strizhenov | Anatoli Fedorinov | Vera Popova | Svetlana Kharitonova | Irina Skobtseva | Ariadna Shengelaia | Yakov Belenky | Sergei Troitsky | Yevgeni Morgunov