Film Festival (Кинофестиваль) 18 years old

The musical follows events taking place at the Moscow International Film Festival, at the beginning of Perestroika. The plot focuses on Nikolay Vasiliev one of the many Interpreters hired to work at the festival by the imposing Margo Altshuller (who is in charge of all the interpreters). While working Nikolay meets and falls in love with a young and very attractive interpreter Marina Almazova. As hundreds of foreign guests arrive in Moscow, the KGB plots to discredit Hollywood star Richard Dirk. The KGB appoints Valya Kashina, to go undercover as a personal interpreter for Dirk. What follows is intrigue, romance, confusion and misunderstandings, all making for an unforgettable Moscow International Film Festival.

Credits

Alika Smekhova as

Nina Ruslanova as

Igor Vernik as

Viktor Proskurin as

Anna Azarova as

Oleg Shtefanko as

Film Festival Cast

Name	Character
Alika Smekhova She was 38, now 56 years old
Nina Ruslanova She was 60, now 79 years old
Igor Vernik He was 42, now 61 years old
Viktor Proskurin He was 54, now 72 years old
Anna Azarova She was 26, now 44 years old
Oleg Shtefanko
Daniil Spivakovskiy He was 37, now 55 years old
Yuri Kolokolnikov He was 25, now 44 years old

Film Festival Crew

Name	Department
Sergei Konov as Novel.	Writing
Vasili Pichul as Director. He was 45 (54) years old when He died	Directing

Film Festival (18 years)

Release day: Friday, September 22, 2006
Runtime: 100 minutes