A Ballad of Love
1970, Russian. Directed by Mikhail Bogin.
Leningrade. Galina works as a restorer at Catherine Palace; she is a sculptor as well and takes her profession very seriously and enthusiastically. Vera, a friend from art school, sees her loneliness and introduces her to her husband's colleagues - friendly Mitya and mysterious Andrey. Soon Galina finds herself torn between the two men.
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Mikhail BoginDirector
- Viktoriya FyodorovaGalya
- Sergey DreydenMitya
- Eleonora ShashkovaVera
- Vladimir TikhonovPetya
- Oleg YankovskyAndrei
- Valentin GaftNikolai
- Stanislav ChurkinLittle engineer
- Nina MamayevaPolina Ivanovna
- Yelena SoloveyRita
- Eleonora AleksandrovaNina
- Bibi AnderssonWoman at the aerodrome
- Nikolay IvanovCast
Details
- Released
- 20 February 1970
- Original title
- О любви
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Yuri Klepikov, Mikhail Bogin
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A Ballad of Love runs 73 minutes (1h 13m).
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Which OTT platform is A Ballad of Love on?
A Ballad of Love isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 February 1970. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like A Ballad of Love?
If you liked A Ballad of Love, try Your Heart Will Be Broken, Gabriel's Rapture: Part I, Gabriel's Rapture: Part II.
Who directed A Ballad of Love?
A Ballad of Love (1970) was directed by Mikhail Bogin and stars Viktoriya Fyodorova, Sergey Dreyden, Eleonora Shashkova.