Private Life

Private Life (, translit. Chastnaya zhizn) is a 1982 Soviet drama film directed by Yuli Raizman. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1982. Plot When two film companies merge, the former director of one of them must retire. Unexpectedly, he is now faced with a lack of understanding from his wife and children. Loneliness, self-pity and jealousy force him to critically examine his life for the first time. Cast Mikhail Ulyanov as Sergei Nikitich Abrikosov Iya Savvina as Natalia Ilinichna Irina Gubanova as Nelli Petpovna Tatyana Dogileva as Vika Aleksei Blokhin as Igor Elena Sanayeva as Marina Liliya Gritsenko as Marya Andreevna Yevgeni Lazarev as Viktor Sergeyevich Petelin See also List of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film