Office Romance
- Feature
- 1977
- 159 Minutes
- Soviet Union
- Language: Russian
The life of entire statistical bureau becomes crazy when an ordinary worker - a shy male - falls in love with a boss - a strict female.
Director: Eldar Alexandrovich Ryazanov
Screenwriter: Emil Braginskiy, Eldar Ryazanov
Production Company: Mosfilm
Film Critic
Lost in limitations of language

Mohammadreza Moghadasian
Office Romance is a 1977 Soviet comedy film that tells the story of Ludmila Kalugina, a strict woman who is the head of a statistical bureau, and her subordinate, economist Anatoly Novoseltsev, a clumsy, shy and single father of two sons. The ordinary worker Novoseltsev falls in love with his boss Kalugina and the life of entire statistical bureau becomes crazy afterwards. A cold argument is followed by a heart-to-heart conversation and they start getting closer and soon fall in love with each other. Kalugina, having thrown off her “protective mask” of a hard-hearted woman, becomes more aware of her femininity and surprises
everyone with her new elegant clothes and charming look.In the movie, Alisa Freyndlikh, playing the role of Kalugina, portrays a different female character, a strict and tough female figure. The film was a box office success and to this day enjoys wide popularity in the former Soviet republics.
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Awards
1978: Chicago International Film Festival, Best Feature NomineeCast and Crew
Screenwriter: Emil Braginskiy, Eldar Ryazanov
DOP / Camera: Vladimir Nakhabtsev
Editor: Valeriya Belova
Music: Emin Khachaturyan
Sound: Yuri Rabinovich, Valentina Shchedrina
Cast: Alisa Freyndlikh, Andrey Myagkov, Svetlana Nemolyaeva
Director

Eldar Alexandrovich Ryazanov
Eldar Alexandrovich Ryazanov (1927 – 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter whose popular comedies, satirizing the daily life of the Soviet Unionand Russia, are celebrated throughout the former Soviet Union.