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Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
Where Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Three women arrive in Moscow in 1958 - and the 'General's house' and the Circle-line station of their story are still there
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Scenes and places
The metro meeting (1958)
Lyudmila, who spends her time looking for the chance to marry up, meets Sergei, a rising ice hockey star.
Set in Novoslobodskaya station (story: the metro where Lyudmila meets Sergei) — Where Lyudmila, hunting for a successful husband, meets Sergei, a rising ice hockey star. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A station on Moscow's Circle line.
Filmed at Novoslobodskaya station, Moscow Metro (Novoslobodskaya, Moscow, Russia) — Filmed in this station on the Koltsevaya (Circle) line. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Poetry on Mayakovsky Square (1958)
Set in Mayakovsky Square (today Triumfalnaya Square) — A crowd gathers to hear poetry read aloud. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The square was renamed Triumfalnaya Square; the film knew it as Mayakovsky Square.
Filmed at Triumfalnaya Square (then Mayakovsky Square) (Triumfalnaya Square, Moscow, Russia) — Filmed on the square, which was called Mayakovsky Square at the time. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The evening walk on Gorky Street (1958)
Set in Gorky Street (today Tverskaya Street) — The two friends take an evening walk down Moscow's main street. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Moscow's main thoroughfare, renamed Tverskaya Street.
Filmed at Tverskaya Street (then Gorky Street) (Tverskaya Street, Moscow, Russia) — Filmed on the street, called Gorky Street in the film's time. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Where Katerina meets Rudolf (1958)
Katerina meets Rudolf, a smooth talker who works as a cameraman for a national TV channel.
Set in Gogolevsky Boulevard — Katerina meets Rudolf, the TV cameraman; they meet again twenty years later. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A tree-lined boulevard in central Moscow.
Filmed at Gogolevsky Boulevard (Gogolevsky Boulevard, Moscow, Russia) — Filmed on the boulevard. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The relatives' apartment (1958)
Asked to house-sit for her well-to-do relatives, Katerina is joined by Lyudmila, who convinces her to throw a dinner party as a ploy to meet successful men.
Set in A well-to-do relatives' apartment, Moscow — Katerina house-sits for her relatives and Lyudmila talks her into a dinner party to meet successful men. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The square was called Uprising Square in the film's time.
Filmed at High-rise at Kudrinskaya Square (then Uprising Square) (Kudrinskaya Square, Moscow, Russia) — Filmed in the high-rise on this square. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The newborn at the hospital door (1958)
Her friends greet Katerina with a newborn daughter, Aleksandra, and the three friends celebrate in their dormitory room.
Set in Maternity hospital No. 25, Moscow — Katerina's friends greet her with her newborn daughter, Aleksandra.
A maternity hospital near Vorobyovy Gory metro.
Katerina's factory
Katerina, serious and hardworking, works in a factory while studying at night to get into college.
Set in Katerina's factory — Katerina works in a factory while studying at night; by 1978 she runs it.
A working chemical-fibre plant in the town of Klin.
The culture palace interior
Set in A culture palace — One scene is set inside a palace of culture.
A Moscow palace of culture named for Gorbunov.
Filmed at Gorbunov Palace of Culture (Gorbunov Palace of Culture, Moscow, Russia) — An interior scene was filmed here; the source does not say which one. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Katerina's 1978 apartment (1978)
In 1978 Katerina is a newly appointed CEO of a large factory, who drives a car and lives with her teenage daughter in a nice apartment.
Set in Katerina's apartment, 1978 — By 1978 Katerina is a factory director living with her teenage daughter in a nice apartment.
An apartment building on Mosfilmovskaya Street, nicknamed the General's house.
The round house at night
Set in A Moscow apartment block at night — The film ends its credits on a panorama of lit windows at night.
One of the round houses on Dovzhenko Street.
Filmed at Round apartment house, Dovzhenko Street 6 (Dovzhenko Street, Moscow, Russia) — Night window panorama filmed at the round houses; the coordinate is the street centre, so it can be 50 m or more off the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Katerina — A hardworking factory girl from the provinces who studies at night and, by 1978, runs a large factory.
- Lyudmila — Her vivacious friend, who looks for a successful husband.
- Rudolf — A smooth-talking cameraman for a national TV channel.
- Gosha — An intelligent tool-and-die maker in a research institute.