Old Fashioned Comedy

Staromodnaya komediya is a Soviet full-length colour melodrama film. Released in 1978 by the Mosfilm studio, it was an adaptation of the play of the same name by Aleksei Arbuzov. Plot Sanatorium somewhere on the Riga seaside. The main characters of the film are lonely middle-aged people, both about sixty. He is the head doctor of the sanatorium, she is a patient who came for treatment. Their first meeting ends in conflict. He calls her to him about the violation of the sanatorium regime, but the lady turns out to be difficult, with character. At first, this offends the doctor, but soon their relationship improves, and he invites her to a restaurant. Then they meet in the Dome Cathedral at an organ concert and after a long walk around Old Riga, remembering their pre-war youth and talking about everything in the world. The story ends with the lady having to leave, but she realizes that she is no longer able to do so. Cast Alisa Freindlich  as Lydia Vasilievna Zherber, former circus actress Igor Vladimirov as Rodion Nikolaevich Semyonov, head doctor of the sanatorium Tamara Sovchi as barmaid