Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
“The Funniest, Tenderest Love Story of the Year.”
Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her daughter. Love seems possible again when she meets a genial mechanic.
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Studio
Mosfilm
Language
ru
Status
Released
How Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears performed
Budget
$900,000
Worldwide Gross
$2.5M
Gross Profit
$1.6M
Return
2.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$360K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Katerina
Vera Alentova
Katerina
Gosha
Aleksey Batalov
Gosha
Lyudmila
Irina Muravyova
Lyudmila
Gurin
Aleksandr Fatyushin
Gurin
Antonina
Raisa Ryazanova
Antonina
Nikolay
Boris Smorchkov
Nikolay
Rachkov
Yuri Vasilyev
Rachkov
Aleksandra
Natalya Vavilova
Aleksandra
Volodya
Oleg Tabakov
Volodya
Rachkov's mother
Yevgeniya Khanayeva
Rachkov's mother
Nikolay's mother
Valentina Ushakova
Nikolay's mother
Nikolay's father
Viktor Uralsky
Nikolay's father
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