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The Songs of the Sea (1971)
Directed by Francisc Munteanu
Music · 1h 24m
"One pure peaceful sky, one bright southern sun, one warm Black sea and deep true friendship of burning hearts connect the Soviet and Romanian youth..." A musical ensemble of Romanian students dreams of being selected for a competition in Sochi, Russia. They hear rumors that a Russian ship with a festival talent scout will be arriving in the port of Constanta. The band sets up for a performance at the harbor, in hopes of attracting the scout’s attention immediately upon arrival. A case of mistaken identity leads to a series of complications involving a suitcase, two small-time gangsters, a blonde tourist, and the band’s drummer. This attempt at a plot conforms of course to the conventions of romantic musical comedies, resulting in a film full of song and dance. With memorable song titles like “Yes, I am an umbrella” and “Let’s play my guitar”, this Romanian-Soviet co-production is as silly as it is irresistible.
Cast
Natalya Fateyeva
Ion Dichiseanu
Valentina Kutsenko
Crew
- Director
- Francisc Munteanu
- Writer
- Francisc Munteanu, Boris Laskin
- Director of Photography
- Aleksandr Shelenkov, Yu-Lan Chen
- Original Music Composer
- Mark Fradkin
Details
- Original title
- Песни моря
- Release date
- 1971-10-07
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Music
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Romanian, Russian
- Countries
- Romania, Soviet Union
- Production
- Mosfilm