Synopsis
Klava and Seryozha (Sergey) have been together since preschool. He, one of the smartest kids in school, has always been in love with her but considered her more of just a pretty face rather than an intelligent person. He let her copy his homework and gave her his parents' things as gifts. When they are teens, Klava rejects his love because she knows that he doesn't value her for her, and instead is attracted to Lavrik, another intelligent boy from school. Klava likes him because for the first time she feels like someone is really interested in her as a person. Seryoszha, being very dramatic and wanting Klava's/everyone else's sympathy, writes a suicide note, "Please blame Klava K. for my death," but can he really commit suicide? Eventually he realizes that he is being too shallow and that while he makes such a drama out of such small problems, the people around him have real problems, but never said a thing.
Sections & Films
PLEASE ACCUSE KLAVA K. OF MY DEATH
| Original Title | V Moey Smerti Proshu Vinit Klavu K. |
| Italian Title | Per favore incolpate Klava K. della mia morte |
| Category | Out of competition |
| Section | Out of Selection |
| Tipology | Feature Film |
| Duration | 76' |
| Production Year | 1979 |
| Nationality | U.S.S.R. |
| Directed by | Nikolai Lebedev |
| Screenplay | Mikhail Lvovsky |
| Main cast | Nadezhda Gorshkova, Vladimir Shevelkov, Yelena Khopshonosova |
NIKOLAI LEBEDEV
Nikolai Ivanovich Lebedev is a Russian film director specializing in movies for children, such as Schastlivogo plavaniya (1949) and V moey smerti proshu vinit Klavu K. (1980).
He was born Nikolai Ivanovich Lebedev on 9 August 1897, in Gus-Khrustalny, Vladimir province, Russian Empire. Young Lebedev grew up in Vladimir province east of Moscow. After the Russian revolution of 1917, he moved to St. Petersburg (then called Petrograd). In 1923 he made his acting debut in Petrograd Film Studio (predesessor of Lenfilm Studios). In 1925 he graduated from Leningrad Institute of Cinema Art and worked as an assistant director for over a decade. From the beginning of his career Lebedev became specialized in children's film. He received awards at the 1959 and 1980 Soviet Film Festivals in the category of films for children.