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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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