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An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano

Play trailer An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano 1977,  1h 43m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 86% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 93% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
86% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 93% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
In early 20th-century Russia, a general's widow named Anna (Antonina Shuranova) hosts a weekend gathering of friends and family at her country home. As the guests relax and debate social issues, a romantic affair starts to bloom. Mikhail (Aleksandr Kalyagin), a married schoolmaster, spots former lover Sophia (Yelena Solovey) among the guests, and the two promptly fall back in love. Now the lovers must choose between their current domesticity and a new life of passion.

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Bruce McCabe Boston Globe Apr 27, 2018
Nikita Mikhalkov's obliquely titled An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano is a magnificent film, a marvelous, transcendent and totally fulfilling viewing experience. Go to Full Review
Paul Attanasio Washington Post Jan 4, 2018
"An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano" is buoyed by a cast that is uniformly excellent... Go to Full Review
Janet Maslin New York Times Jun 30, 2011
4/5
The film, only very loosely based on the early Chekhov play Platonov, is perhaps even closer to Chekhov than Chekhov was. Go to Full Review
Molly Haskell Vogue Feb 26, 2020
Decidedly, it is Chekhov who has inspired the timeliest film of the year. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Nikita Mikhalkov

Director

Aleksandr Kalyagin

Mikhail Vassilyevich Platonov

Elena Solovei

Sophia Yegorovna

Antonina Shuranova

Anna Petrovna Voinitseva

Yuri Bogartyrev

Sergey Pavlovich Voinitsev

Oleg Tabakov

Pavel Petrovich Shcherbuk

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Movie Info

Synopsis In early 20th-century Russia, a general's widow named Anna (Antonina Shuranova) hosts a weekend gathering of friends and family at her country home. As the guests relax and debate social issues, a romantic affair starts to bloom. Mikhail (Aleksandr Kalyagin), a married schoolmaster, spots former lover Sophia (Yelena Solovey) among the guests, and the two promptly fall back in love. Now the lovers must choose between their current domesticity and a new life of passion.
Director
Nikita Mikhalkov
Screenwriter
Aleksandr Adabashyan, Nikita Mikhalkov
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Russian
Runtime
1h 43m
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