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Silva (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Silva' is a 1944 Soviet musical film directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky and starring Zoya Smirnova-Nemirovich and Sergei Martinson. It was part of a cycle of operetta films made in European cinema during the era.
Cast
* Zoya Smirnova-Nemirovich as Silva Varescu (as Z. Smirnova-Nemirovich)
* Niyaz Dautov as Edvin (as N. Dautov)
* Margarita Sakalis as Stassi (as M. Sakalis)
* Sergey Martinson as Boni (as S. Martinson)
* Sergey Dybcho
* Nina Dintan
* Georgiy Kugushev
* Vladimir Taskin
* Aleksandra Korvet
* Aleksandr Matkovsky as Assistant director (as A. Matkovskiy)
Production
The film is an adaptation of the 1915 operetta 'Die Csrdsfrstin' (also known as 'Silva' after its title character) composed by Emmerich Kalman with a libretto by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach. The first staging of the operetta took place in Russia in 1916 in St. Petersburg during the war with Germany, but patriotism required to change the title of operetta from 'Queen of Czardas' to the neutral 'Silva' in Russia. The Soviet movie 'Silva' was made at the Sverdlovsk Film Studios in Yekaterinburg.Egorova p.89[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bMCUb74u3w To see comments for the " - ( , )".]
Popularity
The film proved a major success with Soviet audiences, who during the later stages of the Second World War sought escapist entertainment and largely rejected films with war themes. The money it earned per copy of the film issued exceeded even that of the most popular films of the year 'Guilty Without Fault'.Spring & Taylor p.50
References
Bibliography
* Egorova, Tatiana K. 'Soviet Film Music: An Historical Survey'. Psychology Press, 1997.
* Spring, Derek & Taylor, Richard. 'Stalinism and Soviet Cinema'. Routledge, 2013.
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