The Only One (1976)
Kolya Kasatkin, who saw in his wife Tanyusha the ideal of female charm, tenderness, kindness, who loved her to the point of oblivion, was at a loss before the idle conversations of well-wishers about his wife's betrayal. Having found his wife with the choir director, Nikolai demanded a divorce. Continuing to love each other, the former spouses are unhappy in separation. Kasatkin's new hasty marriage did not return his peace of mind. In daily agony, in the pursuit of a past life, he also lost his old dream — to live and work in the Far East, where he served in the army. Both realized too late that love does not forgive hasty decisions, that it must be able to keep and protect.
Director: Iosif Kheifits
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Valeriy Zolotukhin as Kasatkin |
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Elena Proklova as Tanyusha Fesheva |
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Lyudmila Gladunko as Natasha |
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Vladimir Vysotsky as Boris Ilyich |
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Larisa Malevannaya as Manyunya |
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Vyacheslav Nevinnyy as Zhurchenko |
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Lyubov Sokolova as Anna Prokofyevna |
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Vladimir Zamanskiy as Tatarintsev |
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Valentina Vladimirova as judge |
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Nikolay Dupak as shift manager at the carpool |
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Aleksandr Demyanenko as scientist |
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Svetlana Zhgun as train passenger |
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Mikhail Kokshenov as driver in the carpool |
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Yefim Kamenetsky as train passenger |
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Pyotr Lobanov as guest at the wedding |
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Lyubov Malinovskaya as speculator |
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Tatyana Pelttser as neuropathologist |
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Boris Pavlov-Silvanskiy as druzhinnik |
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Lyudmila Staritsyna as Tanyusha's friend |
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Geliy Sysoev as Seryoga |
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Aleksandr Susnin as Lyokha |
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Georgi Svetlani as actor |
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Vera Titova as Ira |
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Lyubov Tishchenko as restaurant's employee |
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Arkadi Trusov as restaurant chef |
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Galina Chiginskaya as Tanyusha's friend |
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Vladimir Losev as library visitor (uncredited) |
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Anatoli Stolbov as train conductor (uncredited) |
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Sergey Pizhel as library visitor (uncredited) |
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Viktor Chaynikov as court assessor (uncredited) |
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Yury Shepelev as visitor (uncredited) |
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Boris Lyoskin as visitor (uncredited) |
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Nikolay Volchenkov as |
| Directing | Iosif Kheifits | Director |
| Writing | Iosif Kheifits | Writer |
| Sound | Nadezhda Simonyan | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Vladimir Svetozarov | Production Design |
| Camera | Genrikh Marandzhyan | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Pavel Nilin | Writer |
| Editing | Raisa Izakson | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikolai Elenbogen | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Pavel Nilin | Short Story |
| Directing | Yuri Chechelnitsky | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Igor Vigdorchik | Sound Director |
| Camera | S. Ivanov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Anatoliy Kudryavtsev | Camera Operator |
| Art | Aleksei Shkele | Set Decoration |
| Art | A. Rogozhkin | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Frizhetta Gukasyan | Script Editor |
| Writing | Vladimir Vysotsky | Lyricist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valeria Volynskaya | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Directing | Ludmila Galba | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dmitriy Gendenshteyn | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Boris Pavlov-Silvanskiy | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | M. Shurov | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Ye. Volynskaya | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | M. Golubeva | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tamara Guseva | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | A. Manukyan | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | O. Tretyakov | Lighting Artist |
| Production | Venyamin Kutikov | Administration |
| Production | Ye. Rymar | Administration |
| Production | R. Tur | Administration |
| Production | Yuriy Gubanov | Executive Producer |