An Almost Funny Story

An Almost Funny Story (Почти смешная история) is a 1977 Soviet two-part television film directed by Pyotr Fomenko.

Plot
The love story of two already middle-aged people. Two sisters come to a small town on the Volga to rest. One is about fifty, the other is a little younger. They get acquainted with the most ordinary business trip, who does not at all understand that the youngest of the sisters, a little eccentric, fell in love with him at first sight.

Cast

 * Olga Antonova as Illaria Pavlovna
 * Lyudmila Arinina as Taisia Pavlovna, Illaria's sister
 * Mikhail Gluzsky as Viktor Meshkov
 * Valentin Gaft as fellow traveler on the train
 * Maria Mironova as telegraph operator
 * Svetlana Kharitonova as conductor
 * Lyudmila Polyakova as a client at the hairdresser
 * Boris Leskin as TV master

The songs are performed by Sergey Nikitin and Tatyana Nikitina.

Production
Filming took place in Yaroslavl, Plyos, Odessa, and Moscow.