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White Nights

White Nights

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 19, 1960

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

60%

Original Title

Белые ночи

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Director

Ivan Pyryev

Description

Based on the short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Petersburg 40s of the XIX century. Summer, white nights. On the banks of the Neva, the Dreamer meets Nastenka. Five nights, walking around the city, young people talk about themselves. Having lost faith in the feelings of the person whom she loves, Nastenka promises the Dreamer in love with her to marry him, but... the other appears, Nastenka is happy again, and the Dreamer is alone again.