An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano

An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (Russian: Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино, romanized: Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, who also co-stars. It is based on Anton Chekhov's Platonov,[1] as well as several of his other short stories. It was filmed at Pushchino-Na-Oke (Artsebashev Estate), Pushchino, Russia, which was dilapidated in the film and is now abandoned.

An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano
French film poster
Directed byNikita Mikhalkov
Screenplay byAleksandr Adabashyan
Nikita Mikhalkov
Story byAnton Chekhov
Based onPlatonov
by Anton Chekhov
Various short stories
by Anton Chekhov
StarringAleksandr Kalyagin
Elena Solovey
Yevgeniya Glushenko
Music byEduard Artemyev
CinematographyPavel Lebeshev
Edited byLyudmila Yelyan
Production
company
Release date
  • September 5, 1977 (1977-09-05)
Running time
103 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

Some members of the gentry gather at a house in rural Russia in the early twentieth century. As the day progresses, relationships develop, and the question arises of where these new relationships will lead.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano has an approval rating of 86% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews, and an average rating of 8.00/10.[3]

References
  1. Обзор и критика фильма The New York Times
  2. Александр Калягин о работе с Никитой Михалковым в фильме «Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино»
  3. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/an_unfinished_piece_for_mechanical_piano


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