Dark Eyes (Очи черные) 37 years old

Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.

Dark Eyes

Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. In a series of flashbacks filmed almost entirely in creams, whites, and ochers, the clownish and superfluous Romano Patroni leaves his wife's opulent home to visit a spa where he falls in love with a Russian woman whose marriage is a horror. He pursues her into the Russian heartland and returns to Italy resolved to leave his wife and marry his love. His amazed and appreciative Russian listener then narrates a shorter story.

Credits

Dark Eyes Cast

Name Character
Marcello Mastroianni He was 62, 72 years old when he died as Romano
Yuri Bogatyryov He was 39, 41 years old when he died as Il Maresciallo
Oleg Tabakov He was 51, 82 years old when he died as Sua Grazia
Vsevolod Larionov He was 58, 72 years old when he died as Pavel (Russian Ship Passenger)
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy He was 61, 69 years old when he died as Il Governarore di Sisoiev
Pina Cei She was 82, 95 years old when she died as Elisa's Mother
Elena Safonova She was 84, 77 years old when she died as Anna Sergeyevna
Marthe Keller She was 42, now 79 years old as Tina, Romano's Mistress

Dark Eyes Crew

Name Department
Aleksandr Adabashyan as Screenplay. He was 41 (now 79) years old Writing
Nikita Mikhalkov as Director. He was 41 (now 79) years old Directing
Nikita Mikhalkov as Screenplay. He was 41 (now 79) years old Writing
Anton Chekhov as Short Story. He was 127 (44) years old when He died Writing
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Dark Eyes (37 years)

Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.

  • Release day: Sunday, February 01, 1987
  • Runtime: 121 minutes