An Umbrella for Lovers () is a 1986 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Rodion Nakhapetov.В Киноклубе большой Москвы в Щербинке показали советский художественных фильм «Зонтик для новобрачных»11 фильмов с Алексеем Баталовым, которые должны посмотреть всеНародный артист СССР Алексей Баталов. ТАСС (in Russian)
Plot The film begins in autumn on the Crimean coast in Sudak, then moves to Moscow and concludes on New Year's Day. Zoya and Tolya, two young lovers, meet a married couple—addiction specialist Dmitry Pavlovich and lab technician Vera Ivanovna—while on vacation by the sea. They ask to spend the night at the couple’s house, where Dmitry and Vera are staying, and come to admire them as an ideal: a happy marriage, three children, and complete mutual understanding after many years together.
As the vacation ends, Zoya and Tolya leave, only to discover that Dmitry Pavlovich's image of marital bliss is a myth. In reality, he is married to another woman and has secretly met with his true love for years.
Several months later, Vera receives a telegram from their vacation acquaintances, who plan to visit and celebrate New Year's together. Not wanting to shatter the illusion, Vera persuades Dmitry to once again play the role of a happy family for their young friends.Зонтик для новобрачных. КиноПоиск (in Russian)
Cast Aleksey Batalov as Dmitriy Pavlovich Kraskov Bei uns in Hamburg : Фестиваль Altonale в Гамбурге под флагом России Nijolė Oželytė-Vaitiekūnienė as Vera (voiced by Inna Churikova) Vera Glagoleva as Zoya Nikita Mikhaylovsky as Tolya as Yuriy Igor Nefyodov as Gosha Alla Meshcheryakova as Kraskov's wife Galina Petrova as Lida Galina Dyomina as Vera's mother Vladimir Nosik as FrolikovAn Umbrella for Lovers (1987) Full Cast / Crew
Criticism Alexander Fedorov noted in his review: "Aleksey Batalov, preserving in the image of his hero all the charm of Gosha from the memorable melodrama "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears", plays the drama of a strong personality, a talented, witty man, who is unable to make a choice. Dmitry Pavlovich is tired of the dual "conspiratorial" life, but his love for children does not allow him to break out of the vicious circle... Rodion Nakhapetov's melodrama is staged psychologically ambiguously and subtly..."Зонтик для новобрачных (1986). kino-teatr.ru (in Russian)
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