Forgotten Melody for a Flute

Forgotten Melody for a Flute
Directed by	Eldar Ryazanov
Written by	Emil Braginsky (play and screenplay) Eldar Ryazanov (play and screenplay)
Produced by	Leonid Vereshchagin
Starring	Leonid Filatov Tatyana Dogileva Irina Kupchenko Valentin Gaft Vsevolod Sanayev Olga Volkova
Music by	Andrey Petrov
Release date	1987 (1987)
Running time	134 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Forgotten Melody for a Flute (Russian: Забытая мелодия для флейты, romanized: Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty) is a 1987 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film's plot is based on the stage play of the same name written by Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky.^[1]

A high-ranking bureaucrat, torn between ambition and newfound love, faces a life-altering crisis that forces him to confront his own hypocrisy and the emptiness of his privileged existence.