When the Song Does Not End
Directed byRoman Tikhomirov
Screenplay byAnatoli Badkhen
StarringAleksandr Bronevitskiy
Muslim Magomayev
Georg Ots
Edita Piekha
Arkady Raykin
Lyudmila Zykina
Music byAndrey Petrov
Georgi Portnov
Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi
Viktor Fyodorov
Georgy Firtich
Release date
1964
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUSSR
LanguageRussian

When the Song Does Not End (Russian: Когда песня не кончается) is a 1964 Soviet musical film-revue, directed by Roman Tikhomirov and produced by the Leningrad Film Studio.[1] It features music by Andrey Petrov,[2] Georgi Portnov, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Viktor Fyodorov, and Georgy Firtich. Among other things, it is notable for being Edita Piekha's screen début.[3] The film features the only known recording of Nikolai Kapustin's piece "Toccata", op.8.[4]

Synopsis

During the Leningrad summer music festival, a young police lieutenant falls in love with Svetlana, a beautiful singer. Meanwhile, reporters Kostya and Bob do their best to document the various musical performances.[5]

Cast

References

  1. Foreign Press Digest: Soviet Union. October 1965.
  2. "Андрей Петров, Музыкант: фото, биография, фильмография, новости – Вокруг ТВ". Вокруг ТВ. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. "Биография Эдиты Пьехи". РИА Новости (in Russian). 31 July 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. "Nikolai Kapustin". Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  5. "Когда песня не кончается..." (1964) (in Russian), retrieved 16 April 2019
  6. "Муслиму Магомаеву сегодня исполнилось бы лишь 75. Почему же он ушёл со сцены в 56?". Пятый канал (in Russian). Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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