Accidental Meeting

Overview

A supposedly ordinary woman’s personal triumph and tragedy is explored in Igor Savchenko’s 1936 Sluchainaya Vstrecha (Accidental Meeting). Irina – the best shock worker in a provincial children’s factory – develops a relationship with the newly arrived and charming physical culture instructor named Grisha. Soon we learn that Irina is pregnant. Disappointed and angry on hearing her news, Grisha asks her about what will now happen to all their dreams.

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Cast

Galina Pashkova

Irina

Evgeniy Samoylov

Grigoriy Rybin

Pyotr Savin

Pyotr Ivanovich

Ivan Lobyzovskiy

Petya Solovyov, aka Pyatak

Konstantin Nassonov

The Factory director

Valentyna Ivashova

Tanya

Sergey Nikonov

The driver

Nikolay Wildgrube

Dmitriy Zolts