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"Lady With A Dog"
1960
Directed by Josef Heifitz

Based on the novel by Chekhov, and directed by the Russian master of Chekhov adaptations, Josef Heifitz, this bittersweet, nostalgic story is set at the beginning of the twentieth century. On holiday in Yalta, Muscovite banker Dimitri Gurov encounters a beautiful young woman named Anna Sergeyovna who each day walks her dog along the promenade. They drift into an affair, then part, she returning to Saratov, he to Moscow, and both to unhappy marriages, but Dmitri is haunted by Anna's memory and the two arrange clandestine meetings, realizing that they are doomed to a life of brief, secret encounters.  86 minutes.