Trap for a Lonely Man (Russian: Ловушка для одинокого мужчины, romanizedLovushka 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]

Trap for a Lonely Man
RussianЛовушка для одинокого мужчины
Directed byAleksey Korenev
Screenplay byAleksey Korenev
Based onTrap for a Lonely Man
by Robert Thomas
Starring
CinematographyAnatoly Mukasei
Edited byIrma Tsekavaya
Music byMaksim Dunayevsky
Production
company
Creative Unification Entertainment Film
Distributed byState Committee for Cinematography
Release date
  • 19 December 1990 (1990-12-19)
Running time
87 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

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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

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Production

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

Reception

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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

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