An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano () is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, who also co-stars. It is based on Anton Chekhov's Platonov, as well as several of his other short stories. It was filmed at Pushchino-Na-Oke (Artsebashev Estate), Pushchino, Russia, which was dilapidated in the film and is now abandoned.
Plot
Some members of the gentry gather at a house in rural Russia in the early twentieth century. As the day progresses, relationships develop, and the question arises of where these new relationships will lead.
Cast
Aleksandr Kalyagin: Mikhail Vassilyevich Platonov
Elena Solovey: Sophia Yegorovna
Yevgeniya Glushenko: Sashenka
Antonina Shuranova: Anna Petrovna Voinitseva
Yuri Bogatyryov: Sergey Pavlovich Voinitsev
Oleg Tabakov: Pavel Petrovich Shcherbuk
Nikolai Pastukhov: Porfiry Semyonovich Glagolyev
Pavel Kadochnikov: Ivan Ivanovich Triletsky
Nikita Mikhalkov: Nikolai Ivanovich Triletsky
Anatoli Romashin: Gerasim Kuzmich Petrin
Natalya Nazarova: Verochka
Kseniya Minina: Lizochka
Sergey Nikonenko: Yakov
Sergei Guryev: Petechka (as Seryozha Guryev)
Reception
Critical response
An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano has an approval rating of 86% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews, and an average rating of 8.00/10.
The Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa cited this movie as one of his 100 favorite films.