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Song of Russia

Song of Russia (1944)

1h 47m | PG-13

⭐ 8 / 10

American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in love with beautiful Soviet pianist Nadya Stepanova while they travel throughout the country on a 40-city tour. Along the way, they see happy, healthy, smiling, free Soviet citizens, blissfully living the Communist dream. This bliss is destroyed by the German invasion.

Director: Gregory Ratoff

Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War

Video: 720p

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Cast

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

as John Meredith

Susan Peters

Susan Peters

as Nadya Stepanova

John Hodiak

John Hodiak

as Boris Bulganov

Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

as Hank Higgins

Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

as Petrov

Michael Chekhov

Michael Chekhov

as Ivan Stepanov