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The Old New Year

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Directed by
  
Naum ArdashnikovOleg Yefremov

Starring
  
Vyacheslav NevinnyAlexander KalyaginIrina MiroshnichenkoKseniya Minina

Cinematography
  
Naum ArdashnikovGrigotiy ShpaklerL. Andrianov

The Old New Year (Russian: Cтаpый Нoвый гoд, Staryy novyy god) is a 1981 Soviet comedy film directed by Naum Ardashnikov and Oleg Yefremov. After the successful staging at the Moscow Art Theatre (directed by Oleg Yefremov), based on the Mikhail Roshchin's play of the same name, it was filmed at Mosfilm with almost the same set of actors. It is considered to be one of the most significant works by Naum Ardashnikov.

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Plot

The Old New Year's Eve. Two families - The Sebeykins, representatives of the working class and The Poluorlovs, representatives of the intelligentsia - celebrate the holyday, The Sebeykins also have a housewarming. Pyotr Poluorlov comes home in the evening, everything is ready for the holiday, but he is in a bad mood. He is disappointed with his life and with everything that he has achieved. Wealth and the equipped apartment - this is not something what he has been living for. His wife and family do not understand why he suddenly decided to throw away furniture, TV-set and the piano from the apartment. Pyotr Sebeykin also does not find a common language with his family. He worked all his life to achieve welfare and prosperity for his family, but all of a sudden it turns to mean nothing for him.

Finally Poluorlov and Sebeykin quarrel with their families and slamming their doors, both leave their homes. The two men take their friends with them and go to banya, and after taking a bath and drinking a mug of beer, they try to understand how to live further.

Cast

  • Vyacheslav NevinnyPyotr Sebeykin, toy factory worker
  • Alexander KalyaginPyotr Poluorlov, engineer, inventor''
  • Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev — neighbour
  • Kseniya Minina — Klava Sebeykina
  • Irina MiroshnichenkoKlava Poluorlova
  • Pyotr Scherbakov — Gosha
  • Anastasiya NemolyaevaLisa Sebeykina
  • Valentin Karmanov — Fedya Poluorlov
  • Viktor petrov — Vasya
  • Georgi BurkovPyotr Sebeykin's father-in-law
  • Valeriya Dementyeva — Pyotr Sebeykin's mother-in-law
  • Tatyana Zabrodina — Lyuba
  • Vladimir TroshinLyuba's husband
  • Liliya Yevstegneeva — Inna
  • Marina Dobrovolskaya — Dasha
  • Vyacheslav Stepanov — Valerik
  • Boris Shcherbakovstudent
  • Yevgeniya KhanayevaAnna Romanovna
  • Natalya Nazarova — Nyura
  • Tatyana Nikitinaepisode, singer
  • Sergey Nikitinepisode, singer
  • Музыка и песни

    Sergey Nikitin's song "Snow falls" (rus. «Снег идёт», lyrics by Boris Pasternak) appeared in this movie for the first time. This Pasternak's poem mentions Old New Year. This song was released by Melodiya studio on vinyl discs, compact cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes. Boney M.'s song "Let It All Be" also sounds in the film.

    References

    The Old New Year Wikipedia


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