French pianist Marie Lamballe-Bulatova married a Soviet diplomat in the 30s, went to the USSR with him, was repressed together with her husband and spent many years in camps. After her release, she stayed to live in Novosibirsk. It was in those parts that her Moscow niece Masha found her.
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Annie Girardot
Marie Lombard-Bulatova, pianist
Known for
The Piano Teacher
Caché
Irina Muravyova
Marie
Known for
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
The Most Charming and Attractive
Pavel Semenikhin
Club Manager
Also in
The Highway
The Greenhouse Effect
Aleksey Petrenko
Teacher
Known for
12
The Barber of Siberia
Nikolai Krym
Valery Akhadov Director · Evgeniy Kozlovskiy Writer Igor Bek Cinematographer
First release April 6, 1989 · Produced in Germany, Russia · Production Blick in die Welt
Production
Tajikfilm
Production
Blick in die Welt
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Germany · Russia
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Original title
Руфь
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · April 6, 1989
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No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
January 27, 2003 · Premiere · Febio Film Festival
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