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White Nights (1960)

White Nights poster
Original title
Белые ночи
Directed by
Ivan Pyryev
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A lonely man meets a young woman during the white nights of Saint Petersburg. They form a connection as she shares her own story of waiting for someone.

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What happens

White Nights (Russian: Белые ночи, romanized: Belye nochi) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Ivan Pyryev. The film is based on the short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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