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Dark Eyes (film)

Dark Eyes
Dark Eyes.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
Produced by Carlo Cucchi
Silvia D'Amico Bendico
Written by Alexander Adabashyan
Nikita Mikhalkov
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Anton Chekhov (stories)
Starring Marcello Mastroianni
Marthe Keller
Yelena Safonova
Pina Cei
Vsevolod Larionov
Innokenti Smoktunovsky
Music by Francis Lai
Cinematography Franco Di Giacomo
Edited by Enzo Meniconi
Distributed by RUSCICO
Release date
September 9, 1987
Running time
118 minutes
Country Italy
Soviet Union
Language Italian / Russian / French

Dark Eyes (Italian: Oci ciornie; Russian: Очи чёрные) is a 1987 Italian and Russian language film which tells the story of a 19th-century married Italian who falls in love with a married Russian woman. It stars Marcello Mastroianni and Yelena Safonova.

One day, on board a steamer, Romano (Marcello Mastroianni), a middle-aged Italian, tells to a Russian man the story of his life. He narrates his encounter with a young Russian lady with dark beautiful eyes, their brief romantic interlude and his sudden abandonment. Haunted by the memory of that lady, Romano travels to Russia to find her.

The film was adapted from (or rather inspired by) four Anton Chekhov's stories, notably The Lady with the Pet Dog, by a Soviet-Italian team that included Alexander Adabashyan, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Nikita Mikhalkov. The latter directed. The title refers to a famous Russian art song.

Principal shooting took place at the Montecatini Terme in Tuscany, in the Volga town of Kostroma, and in Leningrad (Vladimir Palace, Peter and Paul Fortress). A few of the actors had previously appeared together in A Cruel Romance, a 1984 Russian film starring Mikhalkov and shot on location in Kostroma.


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