Starling and Lyre (1974)
Soviet intelligence spouses — Lyudmila ("Lyre") and Fyodor ("Starling") Grekov at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War are tasked with settling in Germany. Personnel intelligence officers with vast experience are successfully introduced into German society and begin to work actively. At the end of the war, during the bombing of Berlin, fate separates them, but then they will meet in the new Germany and continue their work.
Director: Grigori Aleksandrov
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Lyubov Orlova as "Lyre" |
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Pyotr Velyaminov as "Starling" |
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Mykola Hrynko as "Uncle Vanya" |
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Boris Kordunov as Colonel Golubev |
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Boris Ivanov as Baron von Lampe |
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Boris Zajdenberg as General Cringely |
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Yuri Leonidov as Arthur Opendorf |
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Viktor Burkhart as Von Holbach |
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Varvara Soshalskaya as Baroness von Schrovenhausen |
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Yuri Volkov as Jürgen |
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Rina Zelyonaya as Ursula |
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Galiks Kolchitskiy as General Leben |
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Rimma Markova as Mrs. Leben |
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Yuri Stromov as Colonel Chandler |
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Svetlana Svetlichnaya as Henrietta |
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Pavel Makhotin as General |
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Jānis Grantiņš as Holy father |
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Viktor Shulgin as Siegfried |
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Vladimir Gorelov as Menoret |
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Zoya Vasilkova as Lady at the baroness's reception |
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Georgi Tusuzov as American man |
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Zoya Stepanova as Maid |
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Vyacheslav Gostinsky as Doctor |
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Alla Budnitskaya as Else |
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Konstantin Tyrtov as Member of the military Council |
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Aleksandr Shmelyov as Surgeon |
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Grigoriy Shpigel as Doctor Stoeger |
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Yakov Lents as Von Flittendorf |
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Yevgeny Gurov as Wilhelm |
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Natalya Gitserot as Louise |
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Zoya Isaeva as Lady at the baroness's reception |
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Nina Agapova as Lady at the baroness's reception |
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Galina Mikeladze as Lady at the baroness's reception |
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Yuri Gusev as Drunken lieutenant |
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Nikolai Nikitskiy as Industrialist |
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Leonid Obolensky as Industrialist |
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Ella Nekrasova as Mail worker |
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Zana Zanoni as Passenger (uncredited) |
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Lyubov Polishchuk as Girl at the baroness's reception (uncredited) |
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Grigori Aleksandrov as General (uncredited) |
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Inga Budkevich as Society lady (uncredited) |
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Georgiy Petrovskiy as Industrialist (uncredited) |
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Viktor Filippov as Radioman (uncredited) |
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Viktor Markin as Driver (uncredited) |
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Stanislav Korenev as Radioman |
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Arkadi Tsinman as Industrialist (uncredited) |
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Emiliya Milton as Fortune teller |
| Directing | Grigori Aleksandrov | Director |
| Camera | Nikolay Olonovskiy | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Grigori Aleksandrov | Writer |
| Art | Stalen Volkov | Production Design |
| Sound | Oskar Feltsman | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Esfir Tobak | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Baskakova | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elvira Mutusheva | Costume Design |
| Writing | Aleksandr Lapshin | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Nikolay Pekelnik | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Robert Rozhdestvensky | Lyricist |
| Sound | Raisa Lukina | Music Editor |
| Sound | Leonid Bulgakov | Sound Director |
| Sound | Aleksandr Petukhov | Conductor |
| Directing | Mikhail Tumanishvili | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Leonid Nekhoroshev | Script Editor |
| Visual Effects | German Shimkovich | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Klimenko | VFX Artist |
| Camera | Vladimir Sazonov | Camera Operator |
| Art | V. Semyonov | Set Decoration |
| Lighting | V. Skorobogatov | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | P. Kolesnikov | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Vladimir Mazurov | Sound Assistant |
| Art | L. Manevich | Assistant Production Design |
| Directing | S. Vishnevskaya | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Yuriy Volodin | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | V. Nikiforov | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | N. Gorshkov | Script Consultant |
| Production | Vladimir Tseytlin | Executive Producer |