Dvoye

Alternative title

Two in Love Dvoe

Synopsis

Short. Relates the growing love between an student oboist and a beautiful girl who studies at a circus theatre for deaf mutes. In one scene the boy watches the girl as the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet is pantomimed on stage.

Language

Russian

Country

Russian Federation; Former USSR

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1965

Duration

37 mins

Credits

Director

Mikhail Bogin

Cinematographer

Rickard Pik

Screenplay

Mikhail Bogin; Yuri Chulyukin

Music

Romuald Grinblat

Production Design

Tatyana Antonova

Cast

Victoria Fyodorova	The Girl (Juliet)
Valentin Smirnitsky	The Boy

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Keywords

deaf persons; mime; pantomime; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

NOTE: The BFI National Archive holds a 35mm preservation print only, no viewing copy (4/2010).

History

Released in the USA at 45 mins.

Reviews

The New York Times, February 21st 1966.

Online Availability

Online URL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5zn8Q1ggDY

Online format

Streamed

Production Company

Name

Riga Studios

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
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