Falling Star is based on three stories by the contemporary Russian writer Viktor Astafyev and centers on a young soldier on the front lines who is wounded and taken to the hospital. Once there, he muses about his childhood and a little girl he had loved - someone who could easily have grown up to be the nurse that is attending to him now. As he recuperates, he and the nurse fall in love and he very much wants to marry her. At this point, the nurse's mother comes for a visit and advises him against such an action because if they were to marry and he were subsequently killed or maimed in action - the fighting is still close to the hospital - the nurse would suffer much more than if he just left her alone. Now it is up to the soldier to make a decision one way or the other.
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Dariya Mikhaylova
Lida
Also in
Trouble in Store
СССР
Pyotr Fyodorov
Misha Yerofeyev
Also in
Near the Dangerous Line
Maigret Hesitates
Alla Demidova
Lida's Mother
Known for
Mirror
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Vera Glagoleva
Zhenka
Also in
To Marry the Captain
Poor Sasha
Darya Mikhaylova
Pyotr Yurchenkov Sr.
Sashka
Also in
The Waiting Room
Kortik
Olga Anokhina
Also in
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
Vladimir Gritsevskiy
Also in
The Waiting Room
Revenge
Sergei Desnitsky
Also in
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
The Cure Against Fear
Aleksandr Lebedev
Known for
Father of a Soldier
Gentlemen of Fortune
Vladimir Sichkar
Also in
War in the Western Direction
The Waiting Room
Nikolai Skorobogatov
Known for
The Twelve Chairs
Formula of Love
Igor Talankin Director · Viktor Astafyev Author Alfred Schnittke Composer
First release December 16, 1981 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Звездопад
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Звездопад
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 16, 1981
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No release date listed for United States.
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