Trap for a Lonely Man

Trap for a Lonely Man
Trap for a Lonely Man
Russian	Ловушка для одинокого мужчины
Directed by	Aleksey Korenev
Screenplay by	Aleksey Korenev
Based on	Trap for a Lonely Man; by Robert Thomas
Starring	Nikolai Karachentsov; Yury Yakovlev; Irina Shmelyova; Veniamin Smekhov; Innokenty Smoktunovsky;
Cinematography	Anatoly Mukasei
Edited by	Irma Tsekavaya
Music by	Maksim Dunayevsky
Production; company	Creative Unification Entertainment Film
Distributed by	State Committee for Cinematography
Release date	19 December 1990;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Trap for a Lonely Man (‹See Tfd›Russian: Ловушка для одинокого мужчины, romanized: Lovushka dlya odinokogo muzhchiny) is a 1990 Soviet comedy mystery film detective film directed by Aleksey Korenev [ru]. It is based on the 1960 play of the same name by Robert Thomas.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The film tells about a man whose wife was missing, which forced him to turn to the police. Suddenly, a local curé brings to him a woman who calls herself his wife, and he claims that he never saw her.

Cast

Nikolai Karachentsov as Daniel Corban
Yury Yakovlev as the Police Commissioner
Irina Shmelyova as "Elisabeth Corban"
Veniamin Smekhov as Curé Maximin
Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Merluche
Yelena Koreneva as Yvonne Berton
Sergey Migitsko as Jean

Production

The film was shot at the Yalta Film Studio.^[3]

Reception

Aleksandr Kolbovsky of Sputnik kinozritelya praised the actors' performances, but still found them generally lacking a French style, and concluded that the film is "unpretentious, but entertaining and even at times fascinating".^[4]

References

^ "Пять лучших киноролей Юрия Яковлева". Vesti (in русский). 30 November 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ Naborshchikova, Svetlana (14 August 2018). "Ловушка для зрителя". Izvestia (in русский). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ Milina, Lyudmila (29 May 2021). "Киногостиная принимает зрителей". Krymskaya Pravda (in русский). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ Kolbovsky, Aleksandr (1991). "Ловушка для одинокого мужчины". Sputnik kinozritelya (in русский). No. 3. p. 8. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

External links

Trap for a Lonely Man at IMDb

[1] "Пять лучших киноролей Юрия Яковлева". Vesti (in русский). 30 November 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[2] Naborshchikova, Svetlana (14 August 2018). "Ловушка для зрителя". Izvestia (in русский). Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[3] Milina, Lyudmila (29 May 2021). "Киногостиная принимает зрителей". Krymskaya Pravda (in русский). Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[4] Kolbovsky, Aleksandr (1991). "Ловушка для одинокого мужчины". Sputnik kinozritelya (in русский). No. 3. p. 8. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

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