A Girl with Guitar (1958)

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

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.

lightheartedplayfulupbeatmusicalromanticwhimsicalenergeticnostalgicfestive

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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