Farewell to St. Petersburg (1972)
- Original title
- Прощание с Петербургом
- Directed by
- Yan Frid
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, romance film, historical film, music-themed film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows Austrian composer Johann Strauss during his summer in 1850s Russia. He falls in love with a Russian aristocrat while giving concerts in Pavlovsk.
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What happens
Farewell to St. Petersburg (Russian: Прощание с Петербургом, romanized: Proshchaniye s Peterburgom) is a 1972 Soviet biopic film directed by Yan Frid. The film is about the Austrian composer Johann Strauss's stay in Russia, his concerts in Pavlovsk in the summer of 1857, and his love towards the Russian aristocrat Olga Smirnitskiy, to whom he dedicated several works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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