The Sisters | |
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Directed by | Grigori Roshal |
Written by | Boris Chirskov |
Based on |
Sisters by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy |
Starring |
Rufina Nifontova Nina Veselovskaya Vadim Medvedev Nikolai Gritsenko Viktor Sharlakhov Vladimir Muravyov |
Cinematography | Leonid Kosmatov |
Edited by | Yeva Ladyzhenskaya |
Music by | Dmitry Kabalevsky |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Artkino Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The Sisters ( Russian: Сёстры, romanized: Syostry) is a 1957 [1] Soviet epic film directed by Grigori Roshal. [2] It based on Sisters (1918–1922), the first part of Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's The Road to Calvary trilogy. [3] [4] [5]
The Sisters was filmed in St. Petersburg, including in the Summer Garden. [6] Music was composed by Dmitry Kabalevsky. [7]
The Russian Empire during the First World War; two sisters in Petrograd pursue romance in the runup to the Russian Revolution. [8] [9]
The Sisters was released in the Soviet Union on 24 September 1957, and in the West in 1959. [10]
It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1957, with 42.5 million tickets sold. [11]
The Sisters | |
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Directed by | Grigori Roshal |
Written by | Boris Chirskov |
Based on |
Sisters by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy |
Starring |
Rufina Nifontova Nina Veselovskaya Vadim Medvedev Nikolai Gritsenko Viktor Sharlakhov Vladimir Muravyov |
Cinematography | Leonid Kosmatov |
Edited by | Yeva Ladyzhenskaya |
Music by | Dmitry Kabalevsky |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Artkino Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The Sisters ( Russian: Сёстры, romanized: Syostry) is a 1957 [1] Soviet epic film directed by Grigori Roshal. [2] It based on Sisters (1918–1922), the first part of Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's The Road to Calvary trilogy. [3] [4] [5]
The Sisters was filmed in St. Petersburg, including in the Summer Garden. [6] Music was composed by Dmitry Kabalevsky. [7]
The Russian Empire during the First World War; two sisters in Petrograd pursue romance in the runup to the Russian Revolution. [8] [9]
The Sisters was released in the Soviet Union on 24 September 1957, and in the West in 1959. [10]
It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1957, with 42.5 million tickets sold. [11]