Three Poplars in Plyushchikha

Three Poplars in Plyushchikha (Russian: Три тополя на Плющихе, romanized: Tri topolya na Plyushchikhe) is a 1968 romantic drama feature film directed by Tatyana Lioznova based on the story by Alexander Borschagovsky "Three Poplars in Shabolovka".[1] The film was a box-office success, it was seen by 26 million people in the USSR.[2]

Three Poplars in Plyushchikha
Directed byTatyana Lioznova
Written byAlexander Borschagovsky
StarringTatiana Doronina
Oleg Efremov
Vyacheslav Shalevich
Alevtina Rumyantseva
Music byAleksandra Pakhmutova
CinematographyPyotr Kataev
Edited byKseniya Blinova
Production
company
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
Running time
79 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

From a village to Moscow comes a married woman and mother of two children Nyura to sell home-made ham. And the first person she meets is an intelligent taxi driver Sasha, who must pick her up to her in-law; her husband's sister, who lives near the cafe "Three Poplars" at Plyushchikha. This random meeting brings the strangers together and forces them to take a fresh look at their lives. But unfortunately, due to external circumstances continuation of this connection does not develop.

Cast
  • Tatiana Doronina as Nyura
  • Oleg Yefremov as Sasha, taxi driver
  • Hikmat Latypov as grandfather Sadyk
  • Vyacheslav Shalevich as Grisha, Nyura's husband
  • Valentina Telegina as Fedosiya Ivanovna
  • Nikolay Smirnov as uncle Egor
  • Alevtina Rumyantseva as Nina, Nyura's daughter-in-law
  • Viktor Sergachyov as Nina's fiancé
  • Georgy Svetlani as shepherd
  • Galya Belykh as Galya, daughter Nyura (credited as Valya Belykh)
  • Sergei Morozov as Sergei, Nyura's
  • Yugenia Poplavskaja as girl in a taxi
  • Yakov Lenz as old man in the queue

Production

The story by Alexander Borshagovka was called "Three Poplars at Shabolovka", and initially this was what the film was to be called. However Shabolovka had already become associated with television, and the motion picture was not about the TV industry. Therefore, director Tatyana Lioznova decided to change the name of the movie and the author gave his consent.[3][4]

Field shooting of "Three Poplars at Plyushcikha" took place in the capital's streets and in the village Smedovo, Ozyory, Moscow Oblast.[4]

Scenes in Nina's apartment were filmed not far from Plyushcikha in the apartment which has the address Rostov embankment, №5. At the request of the filmmakers, the tenants of the apartment left for their dacha, leaving it at full disposal of the crew.[4]

Rustic interiors were filmed in Mosfilm pavilions and the "road" episodes - in a specially reserved diesel locomotive passenger car.[4]

The car in which Sasha drives Nyura is GAZ M21 Volga which belongs to Mosfilm and was used for many of the studio's pictures. It is currently on display at the Mosfilm museum.[4]

Interesting Facts

Awards

References in other films

In the film Gentlemen of Fortune a man nicknamed as Sad Sack says: "We are sitting here like three poplars in Plyushcikha!" – when the three prison escapees are sitting in an empty sports stadium. After this film, the phrase "Like three poplars in Plyushcikha" became a famous quote.

References
  1. "Три тополя на Плющихе. Х/ф". Russia-K.
  2. ""Три тополя на Плющихе". Ради кого Пахмутова написала "Нежность"". Ria Novosti.
  3. "10 фактов о фильме "Три тополя на Плющихе"". Argumenty i Fakty.
  4. "Три тополя на Плющихе". VokrugTV.
  5. Сергей Грачёв. "Тополиная нежность. История фильма, родившегося из песни". Argymenty i Fakty.
  6. "10º Festival". Mar del Plata International Film Festival.
  7. "ВКФ (Всесоюзный кинофестиваль)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2011-01-07.

Three Poplars in Plyushchikha at IMDb

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