---
title: 'Dark Eyes (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nikita Mikhalkov'
released: '1987-05-10'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dark-eyes-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093664/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dark Eyes (1987)

1987 · 117 min · Comedy, Romance · Italy, Soviet Union

Original title: Oci ciornie

## Synopsis

Dark Eyes is a 1987 Italian and Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. Set in Italy and Russia in the years before the First World War, it tells the story of a married Italian man who falls in love with a married Russian woman. Starring Marcello Mastroianni and Yelena Safonova, it received positive reviews from critics. The title of the film refers to a popular Russian song of the same name written by Yevhen Hrebinka in 1843.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Aleksandr Adabashyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-adabashyan), [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov), [Suso Cecchi d'Amico](https://cinepixo.com/people/suso-cecchi-d-amico)
- **Director:** [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Francis Lai](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-lai)
- **Producer:** [Silvia D'Amico Bendicò](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvia-d-amico-bendico), [Carlo Cucchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-cucchi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franco Di Giacomo](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-di-giacomo)
- **Editor:** [Enzo Meniconi](https://cinepixo.com/people/enzo-meniconi)

## Cast

- [Yuri Bogatyryov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-bogatyryov)
- [Ivana Rumor](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivana-rumor)
- [Max Turilli](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-turilli)
- [Marcello Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcello-mastroianni)
- [Vsevolod Larionov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vsevolod-larionov)
- [Aleksandr Filippenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-filippenko)
- [Oleg Tabakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-tabakov)
- [Pina Cei](https://cinepixo.com/people/pina-cei)
- [Loredana Martinez](https://cinepixo.com/people/loredana-martinez)
- [Roberto Herlitzka](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-herlitzka)
- [Innokenty Smoktunovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/innokenty-smoktunovsky)
- [Silvana Mangano](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvana-mangano)
- [Yelena Safonova](https://cinepixo.com/people/yelena-safonova) as Anna Sergeyevna
- [Aleksandr Adabashyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-adabashyan)
- [Dmitry Zolotukhin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitry-zolotukhin)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dark-eyes-1987
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1755424); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.