A Slave of Love

A Slave of Love
Original film poster
Directed byNikita Mikhalkov
Written byFridrikh Gorenshteyn, Andrey Konchalovskiy
Starring
CinematographyPavel Lebeshev
Edited byLyudmila Yelyan
Music byEduard Artemyev
Distributed byMosfilm
Release date
  • 27 September 1976 (1976-09-27)
Running time
94 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

A Slave of Love (Russian: Раба любви, romanized: Raba lyubvi) is a 1976 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov and written by Friedrich Gorenstein and Andrey Konchalovskiy. It stars Elena Solovey, Rodion Nakhapetov and Aleksandr Kalyagin. The film is about a silent film actress, Olga Voznesenskaya (Elena Solovey), whose films are so admired by the revolutionaries that they risk capture to see her on the screen. The character of Olga was inspired by Vera Kholodnaya.