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  • Do You Turn Somersaults? (1983)
  • TV Movie | 65 min | Drama, Romance
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Do You Turn Somersaults? (1983)
TV Movie | 65 min | Drama, Romance
In a Riga sanitarium by the Baltic coast 1968. Lidija, an elderly but still youthful and life affirming divorcee is treated by Rodion, a crusty, aging, widowed surgeon. They are both of conservative upbringing and carry a lifelong ...See moreIn a Riga sanitarium by the Baltic coast 1968. Lidija, an elderly but still youthful and life affirming divorcee is treated by Rodion, a crusty, aging, widowed surgeon. They are both of conservative upbringing and carry a lifelong expertise in keeping up appearances. As they slowly peel off layers of their life stories, however, Lidija manages to melt Rodion's lonely heart. The doctor patient relationship develops into a full blown romance. TV adaptation of Arbuzov's 1977 Broadway play. See less
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Director
Henning Ørnbak
Writers
Aleksei Arbuzov (play) | Kjeld Bjørnager (translation)
Producer
Leon Munkholm
Composer
Bent Axen
Production Designer
Søren Breum
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Updated Sep 22, 1983
Release date
Sep 22, 1983 (Denmark)

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Lidija Vasilevna Lidija Vasilevna   See fewer
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Rodion Nikolajevitj Rodion Nikolajevitj   See fewer
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