Poster for the movie To Love

To Love

1968 • 73 minutes
DramaRomanceDocumentary

Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.

Picture of Sergei Gurzo Ml.

Sergei Gurzo Ml.

Seryozha

Picture of Lev Kruglyy

Lev Kruglyy

muscovite guy

Picture of Antonina Leftiy

Antonina Leftiy

Nutsa

Picture of Svetlana Svetlichnaya

Svetlana Svetlichnaya

northerner girl

Picture of Alisa Freyndlikh

Alisa Freyndlikh

Anya, tram conductor

Picture of Ion-Gheorghe Şviţchi

Ion-Gheorghe Şviţchi

Mircea

Picture of Aleksey Eybozhenko

Aleksey Eybozhenko

guy at party

Picture of Marianna Vertinskaya

Marianna Vertinskaya

girl at party

Picture of Igor Kvasha

Igor Kvasha

guy at party

Picture of Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

girl at party

Picture of Andrey Mironov

Andrey Mironov

guy at party

Picture of Anastasia Voznesenskaya

Anastasia Voznesenskaya

girl with a globe

Picture of Valentin Nikulin

Valentin Nikulin

lonely guest

Picture of Natalya Chetverikova

Natalya Chetverikova

Vera, Seryozha's girlfriend

Picture of Lyudmila Vagner

Lyudmila Vagner

'Blizzard'

Picture of Mihail Badiceanu

Mihail Badiceanu

Moraru, Mircea's father

Picture of Yan Ebner

Yan Ebner

Picture of Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina

Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina

janitor

Picture of Boris Gusev

Boris Gusev

taxi driver

Picture of Naum Kavunovsky

Naum Kavunovsky

hotel administrator

Picture of Anatoly Popov

Anatoly Popov

Picture of Valentina Karavayeva

Valentina Karavayeva

monologue recorded on tape (voice)

Picture of Aleksandr Mehn

Aleksandr Mehn

himself (uncredited)