tells Gosha and Aleksandra about the interview, revealing Katerina's executive position (and high salary) to Gosha. Gosha's pride is hurt, and he leaves the apartment; unable to stop him, Katerina reveals to Aleksandra that Rudolf is her father. Gosha disappears from Katerina's life, and she becomes frantic. A week later, Lyudmila, Antonina, and Nikolai come to her apartment to comfort her. Nikolai gathers what little information Katerina knows about Gosha (which does not even include his last name) and finds him drinking alone, still stung by Katerina's "betrayal". Nicolai convinces Gosha to return home, and, alone with Katerina and Aleksandra, Gosha asks for dinner. As he eats, Katerina watches him, saying "I've been looking for you for such a long time." "Eight days", Gosha replies, to which Katerina, with tears in her eyes, repeats, "I've been looking for you for such a long time." Cast Vera Alentova – Katerina Aleksandrovna Tikhomirova ("Katya") Irina Muravyova – Lyudmila Sviridova ("Lyuda") Raisa Ryazanova – Antonina Buyanova ("Tosya") Aleksey Batalov – Georgy Ivanovich ("Gosha"), Katya's partner Aleksandr Fatyushin – Sergei Gurin ("Seryozha"), a hockey player, Lyuda's ex-husband Boris Smorchkov – Nikolai, Tosya's husband Viktor Uralsky – Mikhail Ivanovich, Nikolai's father Valentina Ushakova – Anna Nikitichna, Nikolai's mother Yuri Vasilyev – Rodion Rachkov ("Rudolph"), Aleksandra's father Yevgeniya Khanayeva – Rodion's mother Liya Akhedzhakova – Olga Pavlovna, single's club director Zoya Fyodorova – "Aunt" Pasha, dormitory secretary Natalya Vavilova – Aleksandra, Katya's daughter Oleg Tabakov – Vladimir, Katya's lover Vladimir Basov – Anton Kruglov, deputy chief of the central board Alexander Borodyansky – Gosha's friend Garri Bardin – chemical plant chief engineer Cameo appearances: Andrei Voznesensky Innokenty Smoktunovsky Georgi Yumatov Leonid Kharitonov Tatyana Konyukhova Pavel Rudakov Veniamin Nechayev Reception Response Over 93 million Soviet viewers saw the film in the cinema, making it one of the most successful films in Soviet history. In 2021, a poll conducted by Russian Public Opinion Research Center voted it as the best Soviet film of all time among Russian viewers. The film currently holds a rating of 8.1/10 on IMDb. Then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan watched the film several times before his meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in order to gain a better understanding of the "Russian soul". Awards and nominations Background Moskva slezam ne verit, translated officially as "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears", but more accurately, "Moscow puts no