The Most Charming and Attractive

89 minutesCountrySoviet UnionLanguageRussian

The Most Charming and Attractive (Russian: Самая обаятельная и привлекательная, romanized: Samaya obayatelnaya i privlekatelnaya) is a 1985 Soviet romantic comedy film directed by Gerald Bezhanov.^[1][2]

Plot

Nadya Klyueva, a very nice employee of one research institute cannot arrange her personal life. She is more than thirty years old, yet still unmarried. She meets her former schoolmate Susanna by chance while riding a bus. After that Nadya's life begins to change. Susanna is a professional sociologist and gives Nadya practical advice on how to change her behavior and clothing to successfully attract a husband. The object of Nadya's courtship, as determined by Susanna's methods, is her colleague Volodya, a frivolous "Don Juan". But soon Nadya seeking love through a variety of tricks and efforts is an illusory pursuit.

Cast

• Irina Muravyova as Nadya Klyueva, SRI employee
• Tatyana Vasileva as Susanna, Nadya's experienced friend
• Aleksandr Abdulov as Volodya Smirnov, Nadya's colleague, SRI employee
• Leonid Kuravlyov as Pasha Diatlov, Nadya's colleague, SRI employee
• Mikhail Kokshenov as Lyoha Priakhin, Nadya's colleague, SRI employee
• Lyudmila Ivanova as Claudia Matveevna Stepankova, Nadya's colleague, SRI employee
• Larisa Udovichenko as Lyucya Vinogradova, Nadya's colleague, SRI employee
• Lev Perfilov as Pyotr Vasilievich, Nadya's chief
• Vladimir Nosik as Gena Sysoev, Nadya's friend and colleague, engineer
• Alexander Schirvindt as Arkady, Susanna's husband
• Lyubov Sokolova as Nadya's mother
• Vera Sotnikova as Sveta, Volodya Smirnov's girlfriend
• Viktor Filippov as policeman
• Igor Yasulovich as huckster
• Veronica Izotova as fellow traveler on train
• Viktor Ilichyov as Dima, fellow traveler's husband

References

External links

• Samaya obayatelnaya i privlekatelnaya at IMDb