The Kiss

Plot Summary

Lieutenant Ryabovich was accustomed to the monotonous life of an officer, but he found another life—society—difficult: ritual conversations, cards, billiards, chance encounters with random women. One of these women kisses Ryabovich in the house of a provincial landowner, and now the officer’s thoughts are consumed by her half-imaginary image. Meanwhile, the frivolous Lieutenant Lobytko teases his gentle friend, unaware of the danger.

Top Cast

Oleg Yankovskiy Mikhail Ryabovich

Aleksandr Abdulov Lobytko

Oleg Menshikov Merzlyakov

Oleg Tabakov brigadier general

Alexander Adabashyan Sergei, the general's son