War-Time Romance (1983) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1983 · 92 mins · Russian

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Directed by

Pyotr Todorovskiy

Starring

Natalya Andreychenko, Inna Churikova, Nikolay Burlyaev, Viktor Proskurin, Aleksandr Martynov, Zinoviy Gerdt

The melodrama follows a post‑war reunion between a front‑line officer, now happily married, and a former street vendor he once knew. Their encounter stirs buried gratitude and tenderness as he remembers their wartime meeting and her significance to him. He discovers she is raising a daughter alone, the child's father having died at the front.