Mary Poppins, Goodbye

Mary Poppins, Goodbye
Directed by	Leonid Kvinikhidze
Written by	Vladimir Valutskiy
Starring	Natalya Andrejchenko; Albert Filozov; Lembit Ulfsak; Oleg Tabakov; Larisa Udovichenko
Music by	Maksim Dunayevsky
Cinematography	Valentin Piganov, ; Eduard Kerch
Production; company	Mosfilm
Release date	1983
Running time	141 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Mary Poppins, Goodbye (Russian: Мэри Поппинс, до свидания!; translit. Meri Poppins, do svidaniya) is a Soviet two-part musical miniseries directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze. The movie's runtime is 141 minutes spread across two episodes/parts, "Lady Perfection" and "Week Ends on Wednesday". It is loosely based on the Mary Poppins stories by P. L. Travers. The TV series was produced by Mosfilm for Gosteleradio. The official television premiere was on January 8, 1984.

Cast

Natalya Andrejchenko as Mary Poppins, (vocals by Tatyana Voronina)
Albert Filozov as Mr. George Banks
Lembit Ulfsak as Mr. Hey (Robert Robertson), (voice and vocals by Pavel Smeyan)
Oleg Tabakov as Miss Euphemia Andrew
Larisa Udovichenko as Mrs. Banks
Filipp Rukavishnikov as Michael Banks
Anna Plisetskaya as Jane Banks
Irina Skobtseva as Mrs. Katie Lark
Zinovi Gerdt as Admiral Henry Boom
Marina Nudga as Madame Corry the Ballet Studio Manager
Qali Abaydulov as Sire Louis the Dancing Cat
Semyon Sokolovsky as Sir Wilkins the Elderly Gentleman
Igor Yasulovich as Smith the Park Keeper
Pavel Babakov as Butcher
Leonid Kanevsky as Bob Goodetty the Excavator Operator
Yuri Moroz as Postman
Ilya Rutberg as Official
Eduard Levin as Policeman, (voise by Artem Karapetyan)
Viktor Kārkliņš as Neleus the Marble Boy
Anatoli Gorokhov (voice only)

Plot

The film in set in 1980s London, at Number 17, Cherry Tree Lane where the Banks family is trying to find a new nanny. Soon after posting an advertisement in a newspaper, a mysterious lady called Mary Poppins arrives at their door.

Mary Poppins is shown to have magical powers, with and leads the children, Jane and Micheal, on many magical adventures.

Production

Leonid Kvinikhidze reported in an interview later that his intention was not a film for kids, but for adults. The fact that it was very well received by children was unexpected for him.

The musical material was recorded by three former members of the band Voskreseniye, Vadim Golutvin (guitar), Petr Podgorodetskiy (keyboard), and Vladimir Voronin (drums).

External links

Mary Poppins, Goodbye at IMDb

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