Little Tragedies (film)

Little Tragedies (Russian: Маленькие трагедии) is a 1979 Soviet television miniseries directed by Mikhail Schweitzer, based on works by Alexander Pushkin.^[1] Dedicated to Pushkin's 180th birthday and 150th anniversary of Boldino Autumn [ru]. Vladimir Vysotsky's last movie role.

Little Tragedies
Directed by	Mikhail Schweitzer
Written by	Mikhail Schweitzer
Starring	Matluba Alimova Natalya Belokhvostikova Nikolai Burlyayev
Cinematography	Mikhail Agranovich
Edited by	Natalia Alfyorova Zoya Veryovkina
Music by	Alfred Schnittke
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1979 (1979)
Running time	215 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Pushkin's works used edit

Scene from Faust
Little Tragedies [ru]
- Mozart and Salieri (play)
- The Covetous Knight [ru]
- The Stone Guest (play)
- A Feast in Time of Plague (play)
Egyptian Nights
Гости съезжались на дачу…
На углу маленькой площади…
Мы проводили вечер на даче…
Жил на свете рыцарь бедный…

Matluba Alimova as Laura
Natalya Belokhvostikova as Donna Anna
Nikolai Burlyayev as Alber, young Baron
Natalya Danilova as Princess Volskaya
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Ekaterina Pavlovna
Inna Gulaya as Queen of the Night
Ivars Kalniņš as Faust and Don Carlos (voiced by Sergei Malishevsky)
Leonid Kayurov as Alexey Ivanovich
Nikolai Kochegarov as Mephistopheles^[2] (voiced by Igor Yasulovich) and one of Laura's guests
Mikhail Kokshenov as Ivan, servant
Leonid Kuravlyov as Leporello, servant of Don Juan
Ivan Lapikov as Priest
Avangard Leontiev as Solomon
Grigory Malikov (episode)
Radner Muratov (episode)
Svetlana Pereladova as Mary
Filipp Smoktunovsky as Duke (voiced by Igor Yasulovich)
Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Salieri and Old Baron
Georgy Taratorkin as Charsky
Aleksandr Trofimov as Chairman
Larisa Udovichenko as Alber's fiance and Louise
Vladimir Vysotsky as Don Juan
Sergei Yursky as Improvisator
Valeri Zolotukhin as Mozart

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