| Dark Eyes | |
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| Directed by | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Written by | Alexander Adabashyan Nikita Mikhalkov Suso Cecchi d'Amico Anton Chekhov (stories) |
| Produced by | Carlo Cucchi Silvia D'Amico Bendico |
| Starring | Marcello Mastroianni Marthe Keller Yelena Safonova Pina Cei Vsevolod Larionov Innokenti Smoktunovsky |
| Cinematography | Franco Di Giacomo |
| Edited by | Enzo Meniconi |
| Music by | Francis Lai |
| Distributed by | RUSCICO |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Countries | Italy Soviet Union |
| Language | Italian / Russian / French |
Dark Eyes (Italian: Oci ciornie [ˈɔːtʃi ˈtʃɔrnje]; a transcription of Russian: Очи чёрные [ˈotɕɪ ˈtɕɵrnɨjɪ]) is a 1987 Italian and Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. Set in Italy and Russia in the years before the First World War, it tells the story of a married Italian man who falls in love with a married Russian woman. Starring Marcello Mastroianni and Yelena Safonova,[1] it received positive reviews from critics. The title of the film refers to a popular Russian song of the same name written by Yevhen Hrebinka in 1843.
- ^ "NY Times: Dark Eyes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-04-03. Retrieved 2009-04-01.