Underplayed Gems

A Girl with Guitar (1958)

A Girl with Guitar poster
Original title
Девушка с гитарой
Directed by
Aleksandr Faintsimmer
Genre
comedy film, musical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young woman works at a musical instrument store and dreams of performing. She gets involved in preparations for a youth festival in Moscow. The story follows her adventures and romantic misadventures.

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What happens

A Girl with Guitar (Russian: Девушка с гитарой, romanized: Devushka s gitaroy) is 1958 Soviet musical comedy film directed by Alexander Feinzimmer. After the success of the film Carnival Night starring Lyudmila Gurchenko the script of the film A Girl with Guitar was written counting on her popularity. The film was shot on the eve of the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students, held in Moscow in the summer of 1957, and became the first Soviet feature film dedicated to this significant event. The film premiered on September 1, 1958. The film was a success with the audience. At the end of the year, А Girl with Guitar took the tenth place in the attendance rating, gathering over 31.9 million viewers, although it could not repeat the success of Carnival Night. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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