Dark Eyes is a 1987

1987 in film

-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....

 Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

 and Russian language

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

 film which tells the story of a 19th century married Italian who falls in love with a married Russian woman. It stars Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...

, Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano was an Italian actress.Raised in poverty during World War II, Mangano trained as a dancer and worked as a model before winning a "Miss Rome" beauty pageant in 1946...

, Oleg Tabakov

Oleg Tabakov

Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov is a Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre.-Theatre career:...

, Yelena Safonova

Yelena Safonova

-Selected filmography:-External links:...

, Pina Cei and Vsevolod Larionov

Vsevolod Larionov

Vsevolod Dmitrievich Larionov was a Russian film and television actor and a People's Artist of the USSR, an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.- Filmography :* The Twelve Chairs...

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The film was adapted by Aleksandr Adabashyan, Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Suso Cecchi d'Amico was an Italian screenwriter and actress. She worked with virtually all of the most celebrated post-war Italian film directors, and wrote or co-wrote many award winning films—among them:...

 and Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union.Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the distinguished, artistic Mikhalkov family. His great grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a Galitzine princess...

, "inspired" by stories by Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...

. It was directed by Mikhalkov.

Mastroianni received the award for Best Actor

Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)

The Best Actor Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.- Award Winners :-External links:* * ....

 at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival

1987 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Yves Montand*Danièle Heymann*Elem Klimov*Gérald Calderon*Jeremy Thomas*Jerzy Skolimowski*Nicola Piovani*Norman Mailer*Theo Angelopoulos-Feature film competition:...

 and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor

Academy Award for Best Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...

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Cast

• Marcello Mastroianni
  Marcello Mastroianni
  Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...
  
   - Romano
• Marthe Keller
  Marthe Keller
  Marthe Keller is a Swiss actress and opera director. She studied ballet as a child, but stopped after a skiing accident at age 16...
  
   - Tina, Romano's Mistress
• Yelena Safonova
  Yelena Safonova
  -Selected filmography:-External links:...
  
   - Anna Sergeyevna, Governor's Wife (as Elena Sofonova)
• Pina Cei - Elisa's Mother
• Vsevolod Larionov
  Vsevolod Larionov
  Vsevolod Dmitrievich Larionov was a Russian film and television actor and a People's Artist of the USSR, an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.- Filmography :* The Twelve Chairs...
  
   - Pavel (Russian Ship Passenger)
• Innokenti Smoktunovsky - Sisoiev's Governor (as Innochentij Smoktunovskj)
• Roberto Herlitzka
  Roberto Herlitzka
  Roberto Herlitzka is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in 38 films since 1973. He was born in Turin, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Black Holiday * Seven Beauties * The Mask...
  
   - Lawyer
• Paolo Baroni - Manlio
• Oleg Tabakov
  Oleg Tabakov
  Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov is a Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre.-Theatre career:...
  
   - His Grace
• Yuri Bogatyryov
  Yuri Bogatyryov
  Yuri Georgiyevich Bogatyryov was a Soviet film and theater actor, best known for his roles in five Nikita Mikhalkov films, including At Home Among Strangers...
  
   - Marshall (as Jury Bogatiriov)
• Dmitri Zolotukhin - Konstantin (as Dimitri Zolothuchin)
• Silvana Mangano
  Silvana Mangano
  Silvana Mangano was an Italian actress.Raised in poverty during World War II, Mangano trained as a dancer and worked as a model before winning a "Miss Rome" beauty pageant in 1946...
  
   - Elisa (Romano's Wife)
• Jean-Pierre Bardos - Laying guest (as J. Pierre Bardos)
• Nino Bignamini - Buyer
• Maria Grazia Bon - His wife

Location

The film was recorded among other places in Montecatini Terme

Montecatini Terme

Montecatini Terme is an Italian district of 21,095 inhabitants within the province of Pistoia in Tuscany. The most important center in Valdinievole...

 in Tuscany

Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....

, in Saint-Petersburg (Leningrad at the time) and in the historic Russian town of Kostroma

Kostroma

Kostroma is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian towns, it is located at the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma Rivers...

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