Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love () is a 1989 Soviet comedy film directed by Sergei Solovyov. The movie intended to capture and epitomize the absurdity of the breakneck changes happening in the country at the time. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
Tatyana Drubich as Aleksandra
Aleksandr Abdulov as Vladimir, Aleksandra's boyfriend
Mikhail Rozanov as Dmitry Lobanov (Mitya), Aleksandra's neighbor
Aleksandr Bashirov as Anatoly Feoktistovich (Tolik) Gnilyuga, Mitya's neighbor
Ilya Ivanov as Nikolai Plevakin (uncle Koka) Aleksandr Zbruyev as Ilya, Aleksandra's father Lyudmila Savelyeva as Aleksandra's mother Mikhail Danilov as Vladimir's father-in-law Assam Kuiyatte as African Yuri Shumilo as General Brezhnev Georgy Saakyan as Stalin Boris Grebenshchikov as Captain of "Ship of Freaks" Sergei Solovyov as cameo