White Acacia

1957 RomanceComedy 72 minutes Directed by Georgi Natanson

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About White Acacia

In Odessa, Black Sea sailors and their girlfriends pair off. Naval officer Pavel falls for Tonya on shore leave, while the white acacias are in bloom.

Cast & crew

More about White Acacia

Georgi Natanson directed the musical comedy. Vladimir Mass and Mikhail Chervinsky wrote it. Mikhail Vodyanoy and Yevheniya Dembska are billed. Isaak Dunayevsky wrote the music. Moldova-Film released it in 1957. It runs 72 minutes.

Themes

  • Shore leave in Odessa
  • Sailors and their girls
  • Acacias in bloom
  • Pavel
  • Tonya
  • Odessa
  • Dunayevsky
  • Natanson

Look

Yakov Kulish photographed the Odessa shore leave.

Music

Isaak Dunayevsky wrote the music.

Notes

  • The Russian title is Белая акация.
  • The romance is built around sailors in port, not a single couple only.
  • White acacia blossom is the season of the leave.

Scenes

  • Pavel meets Tonya while the acacias are out.
  • Sailors and their girlfriends fill the port.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (1957. Белая акация.webm)