Letter To Brezhnev (1985)

Letter To Brezhnev (1985) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Chris Bernard

Written By:
Frank Clarke

Actors:
Alfred Molina ..... Sergei
Peter Firth ..... Peter
Tracy Lea ..... Tracy
Alexandra Pigg ..... Elaine
Margi Clarke ..... Teresa
Susan Dempsey ..... Girl in Yellow Pedal Pushers
Ted Wood ..... Mick
Carl Chase ..... Taxi Driver
Sharon Power ..... Charlie's Girlfriend
Robbie Dee ..... Charlie
Eddie Ross ..... Rayner
Syd Newman ..... Dmitri
Gerry White ..... 1st Doorman
Pat Riley ..... 2nd Doorman
Wendy Votel ..... 1st Girl on Bus

Synopsis:

A romantic farce that enjoys but never makes fun of its protagonists, this is an entertaining story about the unlikely pairing of a Liverpool factory worker and a Russian sailor. The romantic Elaine (Alexandra Pigg) works in a chicken factory and looks forward to the men she might meet on the weekends. Her friend Teresa (Margi Clarke) is living on state aid and is fairly casual about how she can pick up a little extra cash. One weekend the two women set out for the dancehall with someone else's hard-earned money, lifted by Teresa, and there they meet two Russian sailors, Peter (Peter Firth) and Sergei (Alfred Molina). For Elaine and Peter, it is love at first sight, and they spend the rest of the night talking and the following day wandering around Liverpool, hand in hand. When the dreaded parting of the ways comes at last, Elaine is furious that a small thing like politics has to keep them apart -- so she writes a letter to Brezhnev, with surprising results.

Two Soviet sailors, Peter and Sergei, go ashore in Liverpool to spend one night on the town. Peter can speak a minimal amount of English but it's enough to make contact with two Liverpudlian natives, Elaine and Theresa. Elaine and Peter immediately fall in love with each other, but the night is short and they must leave with the ship. Elaine can't forget him and writes a letter to Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, asking him to make it possible for them to reunite.

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