Where to watch Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
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Three young women share a workers’ dormitory while pursuing better lives in Moscow. After a painful romantic betrayal leaves one of them raising a child alone, the story follows her two decades later as a successful factory director who finds renewed hope for companionship.
Cast: Aleksey Batalov, Vera Alentova, Irina Muravyova, Aleksandr Fatyushin, Raisa Ryazanova, Boris Smorchkov, Yuri Vasilyev, Natalya Vavilova, Oleg Tabakov, Yevgeniya Khanayeva, Valentina Ushakova, Viktor Uralsky
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Trivia & production notes
- Ronald Reagan watched Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears multiple times before his meetings with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to help him understand the Russian character.
- The film attracted over 93 million viewers in Soviet cinemas, making it one of the most commercially successful films in Soviet history.
- In 2021, Russian viewers voted Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears as the best Soviet film of all time in a poll by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center.
- The film's title comes from a Russian proverb dating back to the time of Ivan the Terrible that roughly means you should solve your own problems rather than complain.
- Director Vladimir Menshov rejected all Hollywood remake proposals because he believed any remakes of the film would fail.
- Menshov initially considered playing the lead role of Gosha himself after major Soviet actors like Vitaly Solomin and Vyacheslav Tikhonov failed to convince him during auditions.
- Many well-known Soviet actresses auditioned for the role of Katerina but rejected the script, leading director Menshov to cast his wife Vera Alentova in the part.
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