An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano

E767203

An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, loosely based on Anton Chekhov’s works and noted for its intimate portrayal of Russian provincial life and complex character relationships.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn Platonov NERFINISHED
other writings by Anton Chekhov
works of Anton Chekhov NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Pavel Lebeshev NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
creativeDirector Nikita Mikhalkov NERFINISHED
director Nikita Mikhalkov NERFINISHED
distributor Mosfilm NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Soviet Union NERFINISHED
genre drama
hasCharacterType Russian intelligentsia
provincial landowners
servants
hasMotif mechanical piano
hasStyle intimate chamber drama
literary adaptation
hasTheme complex character relationships
moral compromise
nostalgia
social class differences
unfulfilled love
language Russian
medium feature film
musicBy Eduard Artemyev NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus interpersonal dynamics over a country weekend
notableFor Chekhovian atmosphere
ensemble acting
intimate portrayal of Russian provincial life
originalTitle Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино NERFINISHED
partOf Soviet cinema of the 1970s
portrays Russian provincial life
productionCompany Mosfilm NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1977
runningTime approximately 130 minutes
screenwriter Aleksandr Adabashyan NERFINISHED
Nikita Mikhalkov NERFINISHED
setting Russian countryside
late 19th century Russia
starred Aleksandr Kalyagin NERFINISHED
Antonina Shuranova NERFINISHED
Elena Solovey NERFINISHED
Evgeniya Glushenko NERFINISHED
Oleg Tabakov NERFINISHED
title An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nikita Mikhalkov notableWork An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano
Nikita Mikhalkov directed An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano