Waiting for Love () is a 1981 Soviet romantic comedy film directed by Pyotr Todorovsky starring Ludmila Gurchenko and Sergei Shakurov.Anna Lawton Kinoglasnost: Soviet Cinema in Our Time 1992 0521388147 p.42 "Quite different in tone are the films of Pyotr Todorovsky, Waiting for Love (1983) and A Wartime Romance (1984). These are delightfully unpretentious comedies, ... The film is set in the Ukrainian city of Odessa.Soviet Screen 1984 - Page 74 Двадцать четыре часа из жизни женщины (Любимая женщина механика Гаврилова)
Synopsis The film shows one day in the life of Rita, an 38-year-old woman on the supposed day of her wedding. In the morning she reaches the registry office, where the ship mechanic Gavrilov is supposed to marry her, but he does not show up. Rita struggles between hope and despair.
Cast Lyudmila Gurchenko as Margarita Solovyova, Rita Sergey Shakurov as Lev Gavrilov, Rita's groom Svetlana Ponomareva as Tanya, Rita's daughter Natalya Nazarova as Lusya, hairdresser, Rita's friend Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Rita's uncle Stanislav Sokolov as Viktor, lawyer, Lusya's husband Vsevolod Shilovsky as Pasha, photographer Anatoly Vasilyev as Slava, physician for the recruitment commission Mikhail Svetin as Vitya, musician, theater worker Alexander Goloborodko as watcher Lyudmila Arinina as waitress Vadim Alexandrov as client of the studio Vasily Vekshin as passer-by Pavel Vinnik as episode Inna Vykhodtsev as mother with milk David Giorgobiani as Rezo Lily Yevstigneyeva as woman with underwear Lia Kapanadze as Rezo's mother Olesya Malakhova as episode Ivan Matveev as grandfather with a horse Andrey Nikolaev as groom-morjachok Mikhail Rozanov as groom Galina Samokhina as visitor lawyer Elena Sotnikova as bride Galina Starikova as episode Shota Skhirtladze as Georgian-driver Zurab Tsintskiladze as episode
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