A Slave of Love
1976 · Movie · Not Rated · 90 min · ★ 6.0 · 77% critics
During the Russian Civil War, a silent melodrama crew tries to keep working as politics, danger, and personal desires press in around them. The story blends romance, shifting loyalties, and the uneasy feeling of history closing in.
Also known as Slave of Love
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Details
- Original title
- Раба любви
- Years
- 1976
- Release date
- 1976-09-27
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (34 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy wistful Russian period dramas like Dark Eyes or Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano; Not for you if you need brisk pacing or straightforward storytelling.
Pros: melancholic atmosphere; touching love story; historical tension | Cons: disjointed storytelling; political messaging; slow attention dips
Cast & crew
Yelena Solovey
as Olga Voznesenskaya
Rodion Nahapetov
as Victor Pototsky
Aleksandr Kalyagin
as Kalyagin
Oleg Basilashvili
as Yuzhakov
Konstantin Grigorev
as Fedotov
Nikolai Pastukhov
as Veniamin Konstantinovich
Vera Kuznetsova
as Lyubov Andreyevna
Gotlib Roninson
as Ivan Figel
Inna Ulyanova
as actress with flowers
Evgeniy Steblov
as Aleksei Kanin
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov