

Drama · Music · Romance
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor
John Meredith
Robert Taylor
John Meredith


Susan Peters
Susan Peters
Nadya Stepanova
Susan Peters
Nadya Stepanova


John Hodiak
John Hodiak
Boris Bulganov
John Hodiak
Boris Bulganov


Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley
Hank Higgins
Robert Benchley
Hank Higgins


Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart
Petrov
Felix Bressart
Petrov


Michael Chekhov
Michael Chekhov
Ivan Stepanov
Michael Chekhov
Ivan Stepanov


Darryl Hickman
Darryl Hickman
Peter Bulganov
Darryl Hickman
Peter Bulganov


Jacqueline White
Jacqueline White
Anna Bulganov
Jacqueline White
Anna Bulganov
Patricia Prest
Patricia Prest
Stasha Bulganov
Patricia Prest
Stasha Bulganov


Joan Lorring
Joan Lorring
Sonia
Joan Lorring
Sonia
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