A Legal Marriage

A Legal Marriage

1985 · 88 min · ★ 4.9 · Comedy, Drama

At the beginning of the 1941 war, a young talented artist Igor and his theater were evacuated to Tashkent. Here he meets music teacher Olga, who is seriously ill with malaria. Igor understands that only treatment in the capital will save the girl. But they are allowed into Moscow only on special passes. And then Igor almost by force drags Olga to the registry office. Feeling responsible for the girl, Igor begins to patronize her more and more...

Directed by Albert Mkrtchyan · Written by Afanasi Belov

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Natalya Belokhvostikova Olga Kalinkina
Igor Kostolevskiy Igor Voloshin
Albina Matveyeva Filatova
Ernst Romanov theater director
Bulat Okudzhava passenger
Yelena Sanayeva Igor's sister
Mikhail Neganov Golubev
Aleksandr Shvorin Kuchevskiy
Vladimir Sedov military commissar
Nikolai Prokopovich ensemble chief
Vadim Aleksandrov Volnov
Tamara Sovchi Volnova

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