Dnestrovskiye melodii

Dnestrovskiye melodii
original film poster
Starring	Sofia Rotaru
Distributed by	Telefilm-Chișinău
Release dates	1 January 1973 (1973-01-01) (Moldavia) 1 January 1980 (1980-01-01) (Soviet Union)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Soviet Union (Moldavian SSR)
Language	Russian, Moldavian
Budget	$,000,000 (estimated)
Box office	$,000,000 (Worldwide)

Dnestrovskiye melodii (Russian: Днестровские мелодии) is a 1973 Soviet Moldavian musical film starring Sofia Rotaru in the main role, as well as Ion Suruceanu, Nadezhda Chepraga and Maria Cudreanu. The movie symbolizes the propaganda and ideology of the Soviet regime. The movie features songs in Romanian and Russian of Sofia Rotaru and other singers, as well as behind the scenes background voice monologues in Russian between the songs.

Plot

Nadejda Cepraga, Maria Cudreanu, as well as Ion Suruceanu appear also with soloist performances.

At the time of the movie, Sofia Rotaru, young graduate of the Kishinev Musical Arts Conservatory was a Distinguished Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. The scenic background of the movie attempt to display economic achievement by show-casting new buildings in Chisinău, constructed for the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the communist Moldavian SSR: Hotel "Intourist", Concert Palace "Octombrie". Sofia Rotaru is known to have forgotten her native language after a long singing career on the Soviet stage.

Cast

Emil Loteanu, Eugen Doga appear in episodes as well. Both Loteanu and Doga have lived and worked for extensive periods of time in Soviet Union and Doga is known to be resident of Moscow for the most part of his life.

Production

Most of the featured buildings, serving as decorations and the main filming scene (hotel "Intourist"), palace "October") were in fact built in the very same 1974, specially for the 50th Anniversary of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

N°^[1]	Song	Performed by	Authors	Commentaries
1	My White City Russian: Мой белый город/Moy belyy gorod, Moldovan: Orașul meu alb	Sofia Rotaru	^{Lyrics: Music:}	in the opening of the movie, both in Romanian and Russian languages, song, which was the winner of the Golden Orpheus international song festival in Bulgaria

References

↑ Chronological order

Sofia Rotaru

Studio albums	Sofia Rotaru (1972) Poёt Sofia Rotaru (1973) Chervona Ruta (1972) Poёt Sofia Rotaru (1973) Sofia Rotaru (1974) Sofia Rotaru poёt pesni Vladimira Ivasyuka (1975) Visit to Ukraine (1975) Poёt Sofia Rotaru (1977) Sofia Rotaru (1978) Only For You (1979) Where Has Love Gone (1981) Sofia Rotaru and Chervona Ruta Ensemble (1981) Sofia Rotaru (1982) Melancolie (1983) Canadian Tour 1983 (1983) Tender Melody (1985) Monologue of Love (1987) Heart of Gold (1988) Romantika (1991) Karavan lyubvi (1993) Lavanda (1993) Zolotye pesni 1985/95 (1995) Khutoryanka (1995) Noch lyubvi (1996) Chervona Ruta (1996) Lyubi menya (1998) Ya tebya po-prezhdnemu lyublyu (2002) Snezhnaya koroleva (2002) Yedynomu (2003) Listopad (2003) Lavanda, Khutoryanka, daleye vezde... (2004) Teche voda (2004) Nebo – eto ya (2004) Ya zhe yego lyubila (2005) Kogda rastsvetayet lyubov (2005) Tuman (2007) Serdtse ty moё (2007) Ya – tvoya lybov'! (2008)

Compilations	Sofia Rotaru The Best (1999) Sofia Rotaru 2000 (2000) Sofia Rotaru – zvёzdnaya seriya (2001) Sofia Rotaru The Best (2002)

Soundtracks	Vesenniye sozvuchiya (1973) Ni slova o futbole (1973) Taynik u krasnykh kamney (1972) Little Vera (1988)

Tours	All Soviet Tour (1971) Australian Tour (1998) German Tour (1999) American Tour (2003) Russian Tour (2004) Ukrainian Tour (2006) Anniversary Tour (2008)

Films	Solovey iz sela Marshintsy (1966) Chervona Ruta (1971) Dnestrovskiye melodii (1973) Pesnya vsegda s nami (1975) Gde ty, lyubov'? (1980) Dusha (1981) Monologue of Love (1986) Heart of Gold (1988) Karavan lyubvi (1991)

Concert programmes	Vas priglashayet Sofia Rotaru (1986) Tsvety Sofiy Rotaru (1991) Ya tebya po-prezhdnemu lyublyu (2001) Moy zhyzn' – moya lybov (2003) Anniversary concert (2007)

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