Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears

Winner of the 1981 Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film, this nostalgic blend of comedy and drama is one of the most accessible Soviet films ever to reach US screens. Divided into two parts, the film begins in 1958 with the arrival in Moscow of three provincial girls--Lyuda (Irina Muravyova), on the lookout for a husband with big prospects; Tonya (Raisa Ryazanova), who already has a serious boy friend; and Katya (Vera Alentova), who falls for self-assured TV cameraman Rudolf (Yuri Vasilyev). After some high jinks (including Katya and Lyuda's masquerade as the daughters of a professor) Tonya marries her longtime sweetheart, Lyuda becomes the wife of a well-known hoc...