Based on the short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, it is about a young man living in Saint Petersburg who suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited as the woman misses her lover, with whom she is finally reunited.
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Oleg Strizhenov
Dreamer
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Lyudmila Marchenko
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Vera Popova
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Anatoli Fedorinov
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Svetlana Kharitonova
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Irina Skobtseva
Duchess
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Yakov Belenkiy
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Sergei Troitsky
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Yevgeni Morgunov
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Ivan Pyryev Director · Fyodor Dostoevsky Author Arnold Roytman Composer
First release February 19, 1960 · Produced in Russia · Original title Белые ночи
Production
Mosfilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Белые ночи
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · February 19, 1960
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No release date listed for United States.
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