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Vladimir Menshov, surprise Russian Oscar winner, dies at 81
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, a soapy, melodramatic crowd-pleaser, attracted some 90 million moviegoers in the Soviet Union even after it had been broadcast on television, not long after it was released theatrically in 1980.
by Sam Roberts
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Vladimir Menshov, the prolific Soviet actor and director whose film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears won the Academy Award in 1980 for best foreign-language film but was panned by many American critics, died on July 5 in a hospital in Moscow. He was 81.
Mosfilm, the Russian film studio and production company, said the cause was complications of COVID-19.
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