
Musical Story
Seen it?1940 | 84 min | Romance, Music, Comedy
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Mary Poppins, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny, romantic.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 24 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1940: an older pace and style.
Talented cabbie with aspirations as a singer spends afterhours practicing with an amateur opera company, ignoring his sweetheart, the femme cab dispatcher.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 480 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky, Herbert Rappaport
- Sergey LemeshevPetya Govorkov
- Zoya FyodorovaKlava Belkina
- Erast GarinCabbie Tarahkanov
- Nikolai KonovalovMaestro Makedonsky
- Anatoly KorolkevichPankov
- Sergei FilippovBabashkin