| Trap for a Lonely Man | |
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| Russian | Ловушка для одинокого мужчины |
| Directed by | Aleksey Korenev |
| Screenplay by | Aleksey Korenev |
| Based on | Trap for a Lonely Man by Robert Thomas |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Anatoly Mukasei |
| Edited by | Irma Tsekavaya |
| Music by | Maksim Dunayevsky |
Production company | Creative Unification Entertainment Film |
| Distributed by | State Committee for Cinematography |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Trap for a Lonely Man (Russian: Ловушка для одинокого мужчины, romanized: Lovushka dlya odinokogo muzhchiny) is a 1990 Soviet comedy mystery film detective film directed by Aleksey Korenev. It is based on the 1960 play of the same name by Robert Thomas.[1][2]
Plot
The film tells about a man whose wife was missing, which forced him to turn to the police. Suddenly, a local curé brings to him a woman who calls herself his wife, and he claims that he never saw her.
Cast
- Nikolai Karachentsov as Daniel Corban
- Yury Yakovlev as the Police Commissioner
- Irina Shmelyova as "Elisabeth Corban"
- Veniamin Smekhov as Curé Maximin
- Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Merluche
- Yelena Koreneva as Yvonne Berton
- Sergey Migitsko as Jean
Production
The film was shot at the Yalta Film Studio.[3]
Reception
Aleksandr Kolbovsky of Sputnik kinozritelya praised the actors' performances, but still found them generally lacking a French style, and concluded that the film is "unpretentious, but entertaining and even at times fascinating".[4]
References
- ^ "Пять лучших киноролей Юрия Яковлева". Vesti (in Russian). 30 November 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Naborshchikova, Svetlana (14 August 2018). "Ловушка для зрителя". Izvestia (in Russian). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Milina, Lyudmila (29 May 2021). "Киногостиная принимает зрителей". Krymskaya Pravda (in Russian). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Kolbovsky, Aleksandr (1991). "Ловушка для одинокого мужчины". Sputnik kinozritelya (in Russian). No. 3. p. 8. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
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