Heavenly Swallows

Overview

Denise de Flavigny, a young convent student, discovers a double-life of the organist Célestin, who teaches her music at the convent. He secretly composes popular operettas for his mistress Corinne. Célestin visits the city to witness the premiere of his latest effort; Denise escapes the convent as well. Following a quarrel with Célestin, Corinne walks out and instead, Denise appears in her role, taking the name Mam'zelle Nitouche. Denise falls in love with Fernand, a handsome young soldier. Both Denise and Célestin are mistaken for soldiers absent without leave and shipped off to an army camp. A series of coincidences brings happiness to all concerned.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 20, 1976

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Lenfilm

Cast

Iya Ninidze,Andrey Mironov,Aleksandr Shirvindt,Lyudmila Gurchenko,Irina Gubanova,Era Ziganshina,Sergei Zakharov,Galina Ilieva,Semyon Berlin,Yevgeniy Shpitko

Director

Leonid Kvinikhidze

Writer

Albert Millaud,Henri Meilhac,Leonid Kvinikhidze

Cinematography

Nikolay Zhilin

Music

Viktor Lebedev

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0174972