Directed by:
Kira MuratovaScreenplay:
Kira MuratovaCinematography:
Gennadiy KaryukComposer:
Oleg KaravaychukPlots(1)
Brief Encounters tells the story of an intricate love triangle, connecting a city planner (played by Muratova herself), her free-spirited geologist husband (legendary Soviet protest singer Vladimir Vysotsky), and the young woman from the countryside (Nina Ruslanova) whom she hires as their housekeeper. Brief Encounters was the debut feature from Kira Muratova. It was here we saw the beginnings of Muratova’s impressionistic style, blending observational realism with new wave experimentation. Despite the continued censorship Muratova’s work received (Brief Encounters was banned for twenty years) she still managed to emerge as one of the leading figures in Ukraine and Russian cinema, building a very successful film career from the 1960s onwards due to her boundary pushing directorial approach and aesthetics. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
![Vladimir Vysotskiy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273408_8420f9.jpg)
Vladimir Vysotskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya (1979) (series)
Two Comrades Served (1968)
Vertical (1966)
![Нина Русланова](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/462/462408_615f6f.jpg)
Нина Русланова
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Tears Were Falling (1982)
Něbesa obětovannyje (1991)
Tomorrow Was the War (1987)
![Kira Muratova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/698/158698708_cab550.jpg)
Kira Muratova
Romania
Best movies:
Brief Encounters (1967)
![Svetlana Nemolyaeva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499095_b8a06d.jpg)
Svetlana Nemolyaeva
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Office Romance (1977)
Něbesa obětovannyje (1991)
The Garage (1979)
![Lidiya Brazilskaya](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/692/158692392_d45230.jpg)
Lidiya Brazilskaya
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Brief Encounters (1967)
A Long Goodbye (1971)
![Ольга Викландт](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/002/162002604_011eb9.jpg)
Ольга Викландт
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Don Kikhot (1957)
The Snow Queen (1966)
Brief Encounters (1967)
Valeriy Isakov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Brief Encounters (1967)
Aleksey Glazyrin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
Viy (1967)
Belorusskiy vokzal (1970)