Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

1980 film by Vladimir Menshov
Movie film Q53105
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,788 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[3]
  • Director: Vladimir Menshov[4]
  • Screenwriter: Valentin Chernykh[5], Vladimir Menshov[6]
  • Composer: Sergey Nikitin[7]
  • Genre: romance film[8], comedy drama[9]
  • Cast member: Aleksey Batalov[10], Oleg Tabakov[11], Vera Alentova[12], Irina Muravyova[13], Natalya Vavilova[14], Raisa Ryazanova[15], Leonid Vladimirovich Kharitonov[16], Innokenty Smoktunovsky[17], Liya Akhedzhakova[18]
  • Production company: Mosfilm[19]
  • Director of photography: Igor Slabnevich[20]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Russian[21]
  • Commons category: Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears[22]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[23]
  • Review score: 4.8/10[24], 40%[25]
  • Color: color[26]
  • Country of origin: Soviet Union[27]
  • Publication date: February 11, 1980[28], September 17, 1982[29]
  • Narrative location: Moscow[30]
  • Filming location: American Hospital of Paris[31]
  • Nominated for: International Submission to the Academy Awards[32]
  • Title: Москва слезам не верит[33]
  • Different from: Q124766896[34]
  • Duration: 140 minutes[35]
  • RARS rating: 18+[36]
  • Filmiroda rating: Category II[37]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[38]
  • CNC film rating (Romania): A.G.[39]

Why It Matters

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

What awards did Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . filmdienst.de. filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Kinopoisk. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . cnc.abt.ro. cnc.abt.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/moscow-does-not-believe-in-tears
MLA “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 15 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/moscow-does-not-believe-in-tears.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_moscow-does-not-believe-in-tears_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/moscow-does-not-believe-in-tears}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-15}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears — https://4ort.xyz/entity/moscow-does-not-believe-in-tears (retrieved 2026-10-15)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/moscow-does-not-believe-in-tears · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'crh', 'cs', 'cv', 'da',
    Ampas collections film id → 1020648, W080568
    Sitelink count → 55
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W080568, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 79579
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 79579, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 26356
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 26356, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3llkdI
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 4788
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
  6. 20w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Youtube video id → X7GuhjGZ-xs, uUVd9j543s8, 9noEXoYStAA
    Derivative work → Москва слезам не верит. Всё только начинается
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Москва слезам не верит, 1 серия (FullHD, драма, реж. Владимир Меньшов, 1979 г.), update youtube video data from api ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/38d198"
  7. 21w ago · ~2026-25907-11 · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production company → —
    Assessment → Bechdel test
    Country of origin → Soviet Union
    Aliases → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: Q124766896"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.