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Little Tragedies
Written by	Mikhail Schweitzer
Directed by	Mikhail Schweitzer
Starring	Matluba Alimova Natalya Belokhvostikova Nikolai Burlyayev
Music by	Alfred Schnittke
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Original language	Russian
Production
Cinematography	Mikhail Agranovich
Editors	Natalia Alfyorova Zoya Veryovkina
Running time	215 minutes
Production company	Mosfilm
Original release
Release	June 1979 (1979-06) – July 1979 (1979-07)

Little Tragedies (Russian: Маленькие трагедии, romanized: Malenkie tragedii) is a 1979 Soviet television miniseries directed by Mikhail Schweitzer, based on works by Alexander Pushkin. Dedicated to Pushkin's 180th birthday and 150th anniversary of Boldino Autumn [ru], it was Vladimir Vysotsky's last movie role.

Pushkin's works used

• Scene from Faust
• Little Tragedies [ru]
  • Mozart and Salieri (play)
  • The Covetous Knight [ru]
  • The Stone Guest (play)
  • A Feast in Time of Plague (play)
• Egyptian Nights
• Гости съезжались на дачу…
• На углу маленькой площади…
• Мы проводили вечер на даче…
• Жил на свете рыцарь бедный…

Cast

• Matluba Alimova as Laura
• Natalya Belokhvostikova as Donna Anna
• Nikolai Burlyayev as Alber, young Baron
• Natalya Danilova as Princess Volskaya
• Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Ekaterina Pavlovna
• Inna Gulaya as Queen of the Night
• Ivars Kalniņš as Faust and Don Carlos (voiced by Sergei Malishevsky)
• Leonid Kayurov as Alexey Ivanovich
• Nikolai Kochegarov as Mephistopheles (voiced by Igor Yasulovich) and one of Laura's guests
• Mikhail Kokshenov as Ivan, servant
• Leonid Kuravlyov as Leporello, servant of Don Juan
• Ivan Lapikov as Priest
• Avangard Leontiev as Solomon
• Grigory Malikov (episode)
• Radner Muratov (episode)
• Svetlana Pereladova as Mary
• Filipp Smoktunovsky as Duke (voiced by Igor Yasulovich)
• Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Salieri and Old Baron
• Georgy Taratorkin as Charsky
• Aleksandr Trofimov as Chairman
• Larisa Udovichenko as Alber's fiance and Louise
• Vladimir Vysotsky as Don Juan
• Sergei Yursky as Improvisator
• Valeri Zolotukhin as Mozart

References

1. Пушкин «Маленькие трагедии» – краткое содержание
2. Фауст и Мефистофель (видео-отрывок)

External links

• Little Tragedies at IMDb

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List of compositions
Stage works	Historia von D. Johann Fausten Life with an Idiot
Orchestral music	Symphony No. 0 Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 (St. Florian) Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 5 (Concerto Grosso No. 4) Symphony No. 6 Symphony No. 7 Symphony No. 8 Symphony No. 9 In Memoriam...
Concertante	Concerto Grosso No. 1 Concerto Grosso No. 3 Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra Viola Concerto Violin Concerto No. 4
Chamber music	Piano Quintet
Vocal music	Nagasaki
Collaborations	Requiem of Reconciliation
Film scores	Introduction to Life (1963) Adventures of a Dentist (1965) Commissar (1967) The Glass Harmonica (1968) Sport, Sport, Sport (1970) Belorussian Station (1971) You and Me (1971) The Seagull (1972) Autumn (1974) Agony (1975) How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor (1976) The Ascent (1977) Story of an Unknown Actor (1977) Father Sergius (1978) Little Tragedies (1979) Air Crew (1980) Farewell (1983) The Story of Voyages (1983) Dead Souls (1984) A Step (1988) Presence (1992) The Master and Margarita (1994)
Related articles	Curse of the ninth Polystylism
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