Starling and Lyre
Скворец и Лира
Release: 1974-06-16
·Runtime: 137m
·★ 5.5
Romance
Thriller
War
Drama
Soviet intelligence spouses — Lyudmila ("Lyre") and Fyodor ("Starling") Grekov at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War are tasked with settling in Germany. Personnel intelligence officers with vast experience are successfully introduced into German society and begin to work actively. At the end of the war, during the bombing of Berlin, fate separates them, but then they will meet in the new Germany and continue their work.
Production Countries
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Filmové studio Barrandov
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Lyubov Orlova
as "Lyre"
Pyotr Velyaminov
as "Starling"
Mykola Hrynko
as "Uncle Vanya"
Boris Kordunov
as Colonel Golubev
Boris Ivanov
as Baron von Lampe
Boris Zajdenberg
as General Cringely
Yuri Leonidov
as Arthur Opendorf
Varvara Soshalskaya
as Baroness von Schrovenhausen
Yuri Volkov
as Jürgen
Rina Zelyonaya
as Ursula
Rimma Markova
as Mrs. Leben
Yuri Stromov
as Colonel Chandler
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
as Henrietta
Pavel Makhotin
as General
Jānis Grantiņš
as Holy father
Viktor Shulgin
as Siegfried
Vladimir Gorelov
as Menoret
Zoya Vasilkova
as Lady at the baroness's reception
Georgi Tusuzov
as American man
Vyacheslav Gostinsky
as Doctor
Alla Budnitskaya
as Else
Grigoriy Shpigel
as Doctor Stoeger
Yakov Lents
as Von Flittendorf
Yevgeny Gurov
as Wilhelm
Natalya Gitserot
as Louise
Zoya Isayeva
as Lady at the baroness's reception
Nina Agapova
as Lady at the baroness's reception
Galina Mikeladze
as Lady at the baroness's reception
Yuri Gusev
as Drunken lieutenant
Nikolai Nikitskiy
as Industrialist
Leonid Obolensky
as Industrialist
Ella Nekrasova
as Mail worker
Zana Zanoni
as Passenger (uncredited)
Lyubov Polishchuk
as Girl at the baroness's reception (uncredited)
Grigori Aleksandrov
as General (uncredited)
Inga Budkevich
as Society lady (uncredited)
Georgiy Petrovskiy
as Industrialist (uncredited)
Viktor Filippov
as Radioman (uncredited)
Viktor Markin
as Driver (uncredited)
Stanislav Korenev
as Radioman
Arkadi Tsinman
as Industrialist (uncredited)
Emiliya Milton
as Fortune teller
