An Almost Funny Story

An Almost Funny Story is a 1977 Soviet two-part television film directed by Pyotr Fomenko. Plot The love story of two already middle-aged people. Two sisters come to a small town on the Volga to rest. One is about fifty, the other is a little younger. They get acquainted with the most ordinary business trip, who does not at all understand that the youngest of the sisters, a little eccentric, fell in love with him at first sight. Cast Olga Antonova as Illaria Pavlovna Lyudmila Arinina as Taisia Pavlovna, Illaria's sister Mikhail Gluzsky as Viktor Meshkov Valentin Gaft as fellow traveler on the train Maria Mironova as telegraph operator Svetlana Kharitonova as conductor Lyudmila Polyakova as a client at the hairdresser Boris Leskin as TV master The songs are performed by Sergey Nikitin and Tatyana Nikitina.