Monologue (film)

Monologue (Russian: Монолог, romanized: Monolog) is a 1972 Soviet drama film directed by Ilya Averbakh. It was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or.^[1][2]

Monologue
Original Spanish film poster
Directed by	Ilya Averbakh
Written by	Yevgeni Gabrilovich
Starring	Mikhail Gluzsky Margarita Terekhova Marina Neyolova Stanislav Lyubshin
Cinematography	Dmitri Meskhiyev
Edited by	Ye. Makhankova
Music by	Oleg Karavaychuk
Release date	1972 (1972)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Cast

• Mikhail Gluzsky as Professor Sretensky
• Margarita Terekhova as Tasya, Sretensky's daughter
• Marina Neyolova as Nina, Sretensky's granddaughter
• Stanislav Lyubshin as Konstantin 'Samson' Kotikov
• Yevgeniya Khanayeva as Elsa Ivanovna (voiced by Irina Gubanova)
• Leonid Gallis as Govornin, curator
• Leonid Nevedomsky as Oleg
• Valeri Matveyev as Dima
• Ernst Romanov as Vadim
• Alla Pugacheva vocal (In the performance of Alla Pugacheva, sounds song from the repertoire of Joan Baez "Te Ador" in Portuguese, recorded specially for the film during the time work singer's in the jazz orchestra under the guidance of Oleg Lundstrem).