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An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano

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Wikipedia article




'An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano' is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, who also co-stars. It is based on Anton Chekhov's 'Platonov',[https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE4DB103BF930A15757C0A964948260 ] 'The New York Times' as well as several of his other short stories. It was filmed at Pushchino-Na-Oke (Artsebashev Estate), Pushchino, Russia, which was dilapidated in the film and is now abandoned.

Plot



Some members of the gentry gather at a house in rural Russia in the early twentieth century. As the day progresses, relationships develop, and the question arises of where these new relationships will lead.

Cast



* Aleksandr Kalyagin: Mikhail Vassilyevich Platonov[http://re-movie.ru/kalyagin-diary/ ]

* Elena Solovey: Sophia Yegorovna

* Yevgeniya Glushenko: Sashenka

* Antonina Shuranova: Anna Petrovna Voinitseva

* Yuri Bogatyryov: Sergey Pavlovich Voinitsev

* Oleg Tabakov: Pavel Petrovich Shcherbuk

* Nikolai Pastukhov: Porfiry Semyonovich Glagolyev

* Pavel Kadochnikov: Ivan Ivanovich Triletsky

* Nikita Mikhalkov: Nikolai Ivanovich Triletsky

* Anatoli Romashin: Gerasim Kuzmich Petrin

* Natalya Nazarova: Verochka

* Kseniya Minina: Lizochka

* Sergey Nikonenko: Yakov

* Sergei Guryev: Petechka (as Seryozha Guryev)

Reception



Critical response

'An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano' has an approval rating of 86% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews, and an average rating of 8.00/10.

References




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