Movie
Starling and Lyre
Released: June 16, 1974 (1974)
Runtime: 137 minutes
Genres: Romance, Thriller, War, Drama
Soviet intelligence spouses — Lyudmila ("Lyre") and Fyodor ("Starling") Grekov at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War are tasked with settling in Germany. Personnel intelligence officers with vast experience are successfully introduced into German society and begin to work actively. At the end of the war, during the bombing of Berlin, fate separates them, but then they will meet in the new Germany and continue their work.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Lyubov Orlova as "Lyre"
Age at release: 72
- Varvara Soshalskaya as Baroness von Schrovenhausen
Age at release: 67
- Yuri Leonidov as Arthur Opendorf
Age at release: 57
- Mykola Hrynko as "Uncle Vanya"
Age at release: 54
- Boris Ivanov as Baron von Lampe
Age at release: 54
- Boris Kordunov as Colonel Golubev
Age at release: 53
- Pyotr Velyaminov as "Starling"
Age at release: 47
- Yuri Volkov as Jürgen
Age at release: 47
- Boris Zajdenberg as General Cringely
Age at release: 45
- Viktor Burkhart as Von Holbach
Age at release: Unknown
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- Georgi Tusuzov as American man
Age at release: 83
- Yakov Lents as Von Flittendorf
Age at release: 83
- Yevgeny Gurov as Wilhelm
Age at release: 77
- Rina Zelyonaya as Ursula
Age at release: 72
- Jānis Grantiņš as Holy father
Age at release: 65
- Grigoriy Shpigel as Doctor Stoeger
Age at release: 59
- Natalya Gitserot as Louise
Age at release: 59
- Yuri Stromov as Colonel Chandler
Age at release: 53
- Viktor Shulgin as Siegfried
Age at release: 53
- Vyacheslav Gostinsky as Doctor
Age at release: 52
- Konstantin Tyrtov as Member of the military Council
Age at release: 52
- Rimma Markova as Mrs. Leben
Age at release: 49
- Pavel Makhotin as General
Age at release: 48
- Zoya Vasilkova as Lady at the baroness's reception
Age at release: 48
- Vladimir Gorelov as Menoret
Age at release: 47
- Zoya Stepanova as Maid
Age at release: 45
- Alla Budnitskaya as Else
Age at release: 36
- Svetlana Svetlichnaya as Henrietta
Age at release: 34
- Galiks Kolchitskiy as General Leben
Age at release: Unknown
- Aleksandr Shmelyov as Surgeon
Age at release: Unknown