An Old-Fashioned Comedy

Plot Summary

Based on the play of the same name by Aleksei Arbuzov. The meeting between the chief physician of the sanatorium Rodion Nikolayevich and the patient Lydia Vasilievna begins with a conflict: the woman managed to break the sanatorium regime in the very first days of her stay. However, soon the acquaintance of two middle-aged people turns into friendship, and then into mutual sympathy...

Top Cast

Alisa Freyndlikh Lidiya Vasilyevna

Igor Vladimirov Rodion Nikolayevich

Tamara Sovchi barmaid (uncredited)

Boris Tokarev Lidiya Vasilyevna's son (uncredited)

Galina Besedina singer in a cafe (uncredited)