---
title: 'An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nikita Mikhalkov'
released: '1977-05-09'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'West Germany'
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/an-unfinished-piece-for-mechanical-piano-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076446/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977)

1977 · 98 min · Drama · West Germany, Soviet Union

Original title: Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино

## Synopsis

An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, who also co-stars. It is based on Anton Chekhov's Platonov, as well as several of his other short stories. It was filmed at Pushchino-Na-Oke, Pushchino, Russia, which was dilapidated in the film and is now abandoned.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov)
- **Screenplay:** [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov), [Aleksandr Adabashyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-adabashyan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eduard Artemyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-artemyev)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pavel Lebeshev](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-lebeshev)

## Cast

- [Oleg Tabakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-tabakov) as Павел Петрович Щербук
- [Yelena Solovey](https://cinepixo.com/people/yelena-solovey) as Софья Егоровна Войницева
- [Alexander Kalyagin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-kalyagin) as Михаил Васильевич Платонов
- [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov) as Николай Иванович Трилецкий
- [Yevgeniya Glushenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeniya-glushenko) as Сашенька
- [Yuri Bogatyryov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-bogatyryov) as Сергей Павлович Войницев
- [Pavel Kadochnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-kadochnikov) as Иван Иванович Трилецкий
- [Nikolai Pastukhov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-pastukhov) as Порфирий Семёнович Глагольев
- [Anatoliy Romashin](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoliy-romashin) as Герасим Кузьмич Петрин
- [Natalia Nazarova](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalia-nazarova) as Верочка
- [Sergei Nikonenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-nikonenko) as Яков
- [Kseniya Minina](https://cinepixo.com/people/kseniya-minina) as Лизочка
- [Antonina Shuranova](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonina-shuranova) as Анна Петровна Войницева

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