Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (1980)

After many years of hearing about this movie I finally got around to seeing it. The movie was made in the Soviet Union (in Russian it's called: "Москва слезам не верит.")

I was surprised by many aspects of the film. I expected to see the usual Soviet propaganda (from the supermarkets where you can walk down the aisles and touch things yourself and where there is no food shortage to the factory workers being the most productive in the world.)It didn't mention that supermarkets (even in modern-day Russia are few and in most stores you have to ask for an assistant to show you anything and everything as it is all behind the counters.

I was surprised at how open the movie was about a woman having a baby out of wedlock (and even talking about getting an abortion.) This part of the film took place in 1958 and even in the United States these topics would not have been openly discussed.

I am not really sure why everyone (especially when I was in Russia) always talked about this film. It was ok, very out-dated and very one-sided (ie very pro-Soviet/Communist) and full of propaganda. At least now I can say I have seen it.