Dark Eyes
Dark Eyes (; ; ) is a 1987 Italian and Soviet film. Set in Italy and Russia in the years before the First World War, it tells the story of a married Italian man who falls in love with a married Russian woman. Starring Marcello Mastroianni and Yelena Safonova, it received positive reviews from critics.
Plot
At a table in the empty restaurant of an Italian ship, Romano is sitting drinking. Pavel, a middle-aged Russian on his honeymoon cruise, enters and the two men strike up a conversation. When Romano says he once went to Russia because of a woman, Pavel asks to hear his story.
Awards
Cast
- Aleksandr Adabashyan
- Aleksandr Filippenko
- Dmitry Zolotukhin
- Francesco De Rosa
- Innokenty Smoktunovsky
- Ivana Rumor
- Loredana Martinez
- Marcello Mastroianni
- Maria Grazia Bon
- Marthe Keller
- Max Turilli
- Oleg Tabakov
- Paolo Baroni
- Pina Cei
- Renzo Marignano
- Roberto Herlitzka
- Silvana Mangano
- Vsevolod Larionov
- Yelena Safonova
- Yuri Bogatyryov
More details
| author | Aleksandr Adabashyan Nikita Mikhalkov Suso Cecchi d'Amico |
|---|---|
| award | Silver nugget for the best foreign film |
| contentLocation | Russian Empire |
| director | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| editor | Enzo Meniconi |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | drink explore inherit married one night remote town rich man russian woman strip unhappy marriage want |
| musicBy | Francis Lai |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor David di Donatello for Best Director |
| producer | Carlo Cucchi Silvia D'Amico Bendico |
| publisher | RUSCICO |