To Love

Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.

Discover

Lev Kruglyy

muscovite guy

Svetlana Svetlichnaya

northerner girl

Alisa Freyndlikh

Anya, tram conductor

Aleksey Eybozhenko

guy at party

Marianna Vertinskaya

girl at party

Igor Kvasha

guy at party

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

girl at party

Andrey Mironov

guy at party

Anastasia Voznesenskaya

girl with a globe

Valentin Nikulin

lonely guest

Natalya Chetverikova

Vera, Seryozha's girlfriend

Lyudmila Vagner

'Blizzard'

Mihail Badiceanu

Moraru, Mircea's father

Boris Gusev

taxi driver

Naum Kavunovsky

hotel administrator

Valentina Karavayeva

monologue recorded on tape (voice)

Aleksandr Mehn

himself (uncredited)

Art

Aurelia Roman

Production Design

Stanislav Bulgakov

Production Design

Camera

Dmitri Motornyy

Director of Photography

Arkadi Koltsaty

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Naum Markzitser

Makeup Artist

Directing

Mikhail Kalik

Director

Inna Tumanyan

Director

Editing

Sound

Mikael Tariverdiev

Original Music Composer

Art

Aurelia Roman

Production Design

Stanislav Bulgakov

Production Design

Camera

Dmitri Motornyy

Director of Photography

Arkadi Koltsaty

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Naum Markzitser

Makeup Artist

Directing

Mikhail Kalik

Director

Inna Tumanyan

Director

Editing

Sound

Mikael Tariverdiev

Original Music Composer