Mama Got Married (Мама вышла замуж) 55 years old

A sublime, exceptionally well acted film about a single working class mother and her teenage son. She finds a man and marries him, her son is jealous and full of hot air at first but comes to understand her in the end. That's all. The simplicity of the story notwithstanding, this is one of the most sincere and lyrical films to have been produced in the 1960s-1970s Soviet Union. Very realistic, too, showing the life as it was then. Lyusyena Ovchinnikova is superb, it is this film that makes one realize what a wonderful and under-appreciated actress she was. Nikolay Burlyayev is very good as a lanky teenager, the final scene with him carrying a glass of carbonated water for his mother is stunning. Oleg Efremov is very convincing as a working class man who found his happiness at last.

Credits

Nikolay Burlyaev as

Viktor Ilichyov as

Arkadi Trusov as

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova as

Lyudmila Arinina as

Lidiya Shtykan as

Mama Got Married Cast

Name	Character
Nikolay Burlyaev He was 23, now 78 years old
Viktor Ilichyov He was 24, 64 years old when he died
Arkadi Trusov He was 65, 77 years old when he died
Lyusyena Ovchinnikova She was 38, 67 years old when she died
Lyudmila Arinina She was 43, now 98 years old
Lidiya Shtykan She was 47, 59 years old when she died
Larisa Burkova She was 29, 63 years old when she died

Mama Got Married Crew

Name	Department
Vitali Melnikov as Director. He was 42 (now 96) years old	Directing

Mama Got Married (55 years)

Release day: Friday, October 24, 1969
Runtime: 98 minutes