Three Poplars in Plyushcikha
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| Directed by | Tatyana Lioznova |
| Written by | Alexander Borschagovsky |
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Tatiana Doronina Oleg Efremov Vyacheslav Shalevich Alevtina Rumyantseva |
| Music by | Aleksandra Pakhmutova |
| Cinematography | Pyotr Kataev |
| Edited by | Kseniya Blinova |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Three Poplars in Plyushcikha (Russian: Три тополя на Плющихе, translit. Tri topolya na Plyushchikhe) is a 1968 romantic drama feature film directed by Tatyana Lioznova based on the story by Alexander Borschagovsky "Three Poplars in Shabolovka". The film was a box-office success, it was seen by 26 million people in the USSR.
From a village to Moscow comes a married woman and mother of two children Nyura to sell home-made ham. And the first person she meets is an intelligent taxi driver Sasha, who must pick her up to her in-law; her husband's sister, who lives near the cafe "Three Poplars" at Plyushcikha. This random meeting brings the strangers together and forces them to take a fresh look at their lives. But unfortunately a continuation of this connection does not develop.
The story by Alexander Borshagovka was called "Three Poplars at Shabolovka", and initially this was what the film was to be called. However Shabolovka has already become associated with television, and the motion picture was not about the TV industry. Therefore director Tatyana Lioznova decided to change the name of the movie and the author gave his consent.
Field shooting of "Three Poplars at Plyushcikha" took place in the capital's streets and in the village Smedovo, Ozyory, Moscow Oblast.
Scenes in Nina's apartment were filmed not far from Plyushcikha in the apartment which has the address Rostov embankment, №5. At the request of the filmmakers, the tenants of the apartment left for their dacha, leaving it at full disposal of the crew.
Rustic interiors were filmed in Mosfilm pavilions and the "road" episodes - in a specially reserved diesel locomotive passenger car.
The car in which Sasha drives Nyura is GAZ M21 Volga which belongs to Mosfilm and was used for many of the studio's pictures. It is currently on display at the Mosfilm museum.
In the film Gentlemen of Fortune a man nicknamed as Sad Sack says: "We are sitting here like three poplars in Plyushcikha!" – when the three prison escapees are sitting in an empty sports stadium. After this film, the phrase "Like three poplars in Plyushcikha" became a famous quote.
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