The Woman who Sings

The Woman who Sings (Russian: Женщина, которая поёт) is a 1978 Soviet film by Aleksandr Orlov. It is a musical melodrama and fictionalized biography of Alla Pugacheva, where the heroine is represented by Anna Streltsova.

The All-Union premiere of the film took place on March 2, 1979. According to the results of the Soviet film distribution in 1979, the film won first place, having collected 55 million spectators, and the performer of the leading role Alla Pugacheva according to the poll of the magazine Soviet Screen was named "The Best Actress of the Year". At the same time the film itself took only 53 place in the vote for the best film of the year. "The Woman who Sings" occupies the 27th place in attendance in the history of Soviet box-office.

Plot
The film is about pop singer Anna Streltsova, who is deliberating whether or not to give up her stage career, since she still does not have that song which would help her achieve her full potential.

At the same time, the heroine's personal life is developing unsuccessfully. Conflicts with her husband and the eventual divorce unsettle the woman. But even in a stressful condition, she does not want to give up her favorite work, continuing to sing and make her way to fame.

When Anna reads a poem titled "The Woman I Love", she feels that it would make a good song. Later she meets the poem's author, Andrei, who advises her to change the lyrics to "The Woman who Sings". Even before this Anna's career begins establishing and she starts to sing in many performances. Her songs have already been accomplishments, but still nothing like "The Woman who Sings" which she performs at the end of the film. Anna finally achieves incredible popularity and is now the No. 1 star of the Soviet stage. She tours in major cities, performs in large halls and has great success with the audience.

Cast

 * Alla Pugacheva - Anna Streltsova
 * Alla Budnitskaya - Masha, Anna's girlfriend
 * Nikolay Volkov - Andrei, the poet
 * Alexander Khochinsky - Valentin, Anna's husband
 * Vadim Aleksandrov - Ivan Stepanovich Klimkin (Stepanych), administrator
 * Leonid Garin - Leon, head of the ensemble
 * Vladimir Shubarin - dancer
 * Yuri Belov - passenger in an airplane
 * Ilya Rutberg - Mikhail, Head of the Dance and Instrumental Ensemble