The Uninvited Friend
1981, Russian. Directed by Leonid Maryagin.
The film tells about the complex relationship between two chemical scientists. Viktor Sviridov arrived from the province, where he works as an engineer at one of the factories, at the metropolitan institute in order to defend his project related to an urgent scientific problem. However, without the support of a longtime friend Alexei Grekov, he has no chance: most members of the academic council are opposed to his project and himself. But Grekov is also forced to choose between his wife's scientific career and obligations to another.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Leonid MaryaginDirector
- Oleg TabakovGrekov
- Oleg DalSviridov
- Irina AlfyorovaKIra
- Natalya BelokhvostikovaNina
- Natalya GundarevaGlushenkova
- Anatoliy RomashinPervak
- Vsevolod LarionovBodrov
- Aleftina EvdokimovaLyudmila
- Vsevolod SanayevShlepyanov
- Ivan RyzhovPetukhov
- Yekaterina VasilyevaVera
- Yuri Katin-YartsevVedeneyev
Details
- Released
- 4 March 1981
- Original title
- Незваный друг
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Dmitri Vasiliu, Leonid Maryagin
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The Uninvited Friend runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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The Uninvited Friend isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 March 1981. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Uninvited Friend?
The Uninvited Friend (1981) was directed by Leonid Maryagin and stars Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Dal, Irina Alfyorova.