faith in tears" or "Moscow is unmoved by tears", is a Russian proverb meaning "don't complain, solve your problems by yourself". Valentin Chernykh admitted that he received many proposals from Hollywood at that time, but he rejected all of them, since he thought that any remakes of the movie would fail. Vitaly Solomin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Oleg Yefremov, and Leonid Dyachkov auditioned for the part of Gosha. However, none of them convinced the director to take them, and he even wanted to play the main character himself, until he saw Aleksey Batalov in the film My Dear Man on television. It was also difficult to find someone apt for the part of Katerina. Many well known actresses such as Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Zhanna Bolotova, Irina Kupchenko, Natalya Sayko, Valentina Telichkina and Margarita Terekhova auditioned for the part, but most of them did not like the script, so the part eventually went to the director’s wife, Vera Alentova. Songs from the film Jamaica by Robertino Les Routiers by Yves Montand Besame Mucho Satirical couplets ("The Diplomatic Couplets") from c.1954 by Pavel Rudakov and Veniamin Nechaev Daddy Cool by Boney M Давай закурим (Let's take a smoke) by Klavdiya Shulzhenko Александра (Aleksandra) by Sergey Nikitin and Tatyana Nikitina Диалог у новогодней ёлки (Dialogue by the New Year tree) by Sergey Nikitin and Tatyana Nikitina See also List of submissions to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film References External links Watch Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears online at official Mosfilm site with English subtitles Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears at RussianFilmHub.com An interview with Vladimir Menshov (Russian) Trailer and Screenshots 1980 films 1980 in the Soviet Union 1980 romantic drama films Soviet romantic drama films Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners Mosfilm films 1980s Russian-language films Films directed by Vladimir Menshov Films set in 1958 Films set in 1978 Films set in Moscow Films set in the Soviet Union Films shot in Moscow Films shot in Moscow Oblast Russian romantic drama films Films about mother–daughter relationships