Dear Yelena Sergeyevna
Dear Yelena Sergeyevna (Russian: Дорогая Елена Сергеевна, romanized: Dorogaya Yelena Sergeyevna) is a 1988 Soviet drama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film is based on an eponymous play by Lyudmila Razumovskaya.
| Dear Yelena Sergeyevna | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Eldar Ryazanov |
| Written by | Eldar Ryazanov Lyudmila Razumovskaya |
| Starring | Marina Neyolova Natalia Shchukina Dmitry Maryanov |
| Cinematography | Vadim Alisov |
| Music by | Gennadi Aleksandrov |
Production company | |
Release date | 12 April 1988 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
…After the final exams at a regular school, three schoolchildren understand that they have not passed the exams, and it can break their future career. Fraudulently the teenagers enter the house of their teacher Yelena Sergeevna and demand the key to the safe in which the examination papers are stored. At first, schoolchildren try to persuade Yelena Sergeevna, then they come to bribery and blackmail. But the high-minded teacher does not agree to the deal with her conscience and tries to explain to her schoolchildren all the meanness and baseness of their actions ...
Cast
- Marina Neyolova - Yelena Sergeevna, teacher
- Natalia Shchukina - Lyalya, Yelena Sergeevna's schoolgirl
- Dmitry Maryanov - Pasha, Yelena Sergeevna's schoolboy (voice - Andrey Tashkov)
- Fedor Dunaevsky - Vityok, Yelena Sergeevna's schoolboy
- Andrey Tikhomirnov - Volodya, Yelena Sergeevna's schoolboy (voice - Oleg Menshikov)
- Eldar Ryazanov - Yelena Sergeevna's neighbour