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The City Turns the Lights On

The City Turns the Lights On

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 21, 1958

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

74%

Original Title

Город зажигает огни

Production Companies

Lenfilm

Director

Vladimir Vengerov

Description

Former front-line intelligence officer, captain Nikolai Mityasov, after being wounded, returns to the destroyed city and learns the sad news: his wife Shura cheated on him. Bitterness and confusion gave way to hope. But peace has come, demobilization has begun, it is necessary to restore the homeland. Nikolai finds the strength to continue living, enters a construction institute, meets Valya and begins a new happy life without war...