His Wife's Diary (2000)
A tragic story of love and loneliness - this is the unknown life of the great Russian writer Ivan Bunin. The confused love story that involved Bunin, his wife Vera, the young poet Galina Plotnikova, opera singer Marga Kovtun and literary man Leonid Gurov. A work of great honesty and piercing psychology.
Director:
Alexei Uchitel
Writer:
Avdotya Smirnova
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Andrey Smirnov as Ivan Bunin |
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Olga Budina as Galina Plotnikova |
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Evgeny Mironov as Leonid Gurov |
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Galina Tyunina as Vera Bunina |
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Elena Morozova as Marga Kovtun |
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Dany Kogan as Jeanne |
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Tatyana Moskvina as Sonya |
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Sergey Vinogradov as Alya |
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Nikola Samonov as |
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Irina Sokolova as |
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Sergey Zamorev as |
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Yuri Stepanov as guest at reception |
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Nikolay Dik as |
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Anna Zagrebna as |
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Oksana Glushkova as |
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Vera Voronkova as |
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Aleksei Goribol as |
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Dina Korzun as |
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Maximilian Potemkin as courtier in ball scene |
| Camera | Yury Klimenko | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Alexei Uchitel | Director |
| Sound | Leonid Desyatnikov | Music |
| Sound | Leonid Lerner | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irina Melnikova | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Frid | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Anatoliy Rodionov | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | Aleksandr Mikhalychev | Additional Director of Photography |
| Production | Alexei Uchitel | Producer |
| Writing | Avdotya Smirnova | Screenplay |
| Production | Alexandr Golutva | Producer |
| Production | Natalya Smirnova | Line Producer |
| Art | Nikola Samonov | Production Design |
| Art | Vera Zelinskaya | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Suprun | Costume Design |
| Editing | Elena Andreeva | Editor |