{{About|the Soviet film|the album by Twice|Formula of Love: O+T{{=}}＜3}} {{Infobox film | name = Formula of Love<br />(Формула любви) | image = Formula of Love.jpeg | caption = | director = Mark Zakharov | producer = Aleksandra Demidova | writer = Grigori Gorin (screenplay)<br />Aleksey Tolstoy (story) | narrator = | starring = Nodar Mgaloblishvili<br />Aleksandr Abdulov<br />Semyon Farada<br />Tatyana Pelttser | music = Gennady Gladkov (score)<br />Yuli Kim (lyrics)<br />Yuri Rabinovich (sound)<ref>[http://fakty.ua/178179-yulij-kim-draki-v-verhovnoj-rade-proizvodyat-na-menya-otradnoe-vpechatlenie-a-ne-dikoe Интервью Юлия Кима]</ref> | cinematography = Vladimir Nakhabtsev | editing = Valentina Kulagina (ed.)<br />Viktor Yushin (production design) | distributor = Mosfilm<br />T/O Ekran | released = {{Film date|1984|12|30}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = Soviet Union | language = Russian | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Formula of Love''''' ({{langx|ru|Формула любви|Formula lyubvi}}) is a 1984 Soviet romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Mark Zakharov, from a screenplay by Grigori Gorin. It is loosely based on the story "Count Cagliostro" by Aleksey Tolstoy.
==Plot== In 1780, after a short fraudulent tour in St. Petersburg, the famous adventurer, "magician" and "master of secret forces" Count Cagliostro was forced to hide from the chase sent by the almighty Prince Potemkin. At the same time, Cagliostro is trying to find the "formula" for the only feeling that he is still unable to evoke in human hearts — love.
A young landowner Alexey Fedyashev lives in the Russian countryside near Smolensk. He cannot find a chosen one and secretly dreams of an unattainable ideal. Alexey is in love with the statue standing in the garden park, and dreams of reviving it — "as the Greek gods once breathed life into the stone Galatea." Having accidentally learned that Cagliostro is located near his estate, Alexey finds the count and asks for help.
The visit of foreign guests causes a stir in the quiet estate.
== Cast == * Nodar Mgaloblishvili as Count Giuseppe Cagliostro (voiced by Armen Dzhigarkhanyan) * Yelena Valyushkina as Maria Ivanovna * Aleksandr Mikhailov as Aleksei Alekseyevich Fedyashev * {{ill|Yelena Aminova|ru|Аминова, Елена Анатольевна}} as Lorenza * Aleksandr Abdulov as Jacob * Semyon Farada as Margadon (singing voice by Gennady Gladkov) * Tatyana Pelttser as Fedosya Ivanovna * Aleksandra Zakharova as Fimka * Leonid Bronevoy as Doctor * Nikolay Skorobogatov as Stepan Stepanovich
==Filming== Grigory Gorin saw Oleg Yankovsky in the role of Cagliostro, but the artist refused — he did not want to get involved with mysticism. "Praskovya Tulupova" is a marble copy of the statue "Odalisque (Sulamitide)" by the Italian sculptor Pasquale Romanelli.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.ru/posts/20211116-tkrs/ |title=Невероятные приключения итальянской статуи в России {{!}} The Art Newspaper Russia — новости искусства<!-- Заголовок добавлен ботом --> |access-date=2022-08-28 |archive-date=2022-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828111637/https://www.theartnewspaper.ru/posts/20211116-tkrs/}} In Russian</ref>
The film was shot in the Moscow region, Stupinsky District and Domodedovsky District.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aksinino.ucoz.net/publ/aksininskoe_sp/avdotino/avdotino_i_ni_novikov/9-1-0-11|author=Larina T.|title=Авдотьино и Н. И. Новиков|publisher=Аксиньинское сельское поселение|date=2009-11-17|accessdate=2014-01-02|archive-date=2014-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030215513/http://aksinino.ucoz.net/publ/aksininskoe_sp/avdotino/avdotino_i_ni_novikov/9-1-0-11}} In Russian</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.black-mile.ru/20090414formula.html|title=Ляхово и «Формула любви»|publisher=Фото Чёрной Мили|date=2011|accessdate=2014-01-02|archive-date=2011-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819141240/http://www.black-mile.ru/20090414formula.html}} In Russian</ref> According to Yelena Valyushkina, "It was a wonderful, fun time."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gazeta.aif.ru/online/sv/124/03_01 |title=Галина Касьяникова: «Елена Валюшкина отказывала кинорежиссёрам» // gazeta.aif.ru (13 марта 2001 года) |access-date=2009-05-25 |archive-date=2008-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215210848/http://gazeta.aif.ru/online/sv/124/03_01}} In Russian</ref>
The film crew presented the announcement of the new film in the New Year's edition of Kinopanorama in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kinopanorama.narod.ru/foto/1.html |title=Новогодняя Кинопанорама 1984 год |access-date=2014-11-01 |archive-date=2014-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102004852/http://kinopanorama.narod.ru/foto/1.html}} In Russian</ref>
==Soundtrack== {{Infobox album | name = Формула любви (музыка из кинофильма) | type = soundtrack | artist = VA | cover = | alt = | released = {{Start date|2018||}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = {{Duration|m=53|s=27}} | label = Apple Music | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}
{{external media | topic = | font-size = | float = right | clear = | width = 180px | video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z242Wvkvk9s ''Fortune (Gold)''] }} {{Track listing | collapsed = | headline = | extra_column = Artist | total_length =
| all_lyrics = Yuli Kim | all_music = Gennady Gladkov
| title_width = | writing_width = | music_width = | lyrics_width = | extra_width =
| title1 = Начало | note1 = Beginning | writer1 = | extra1 = | length1 =
| title2 = Фортуна (Золото) | note2 = Fortune (Gold) | writer2 = | extra2 = | length2 =
| title3 = Спиритический сеанс | note3 = A Seance | writer3 = | extra3 = | length3 =
| title4 = Мария | note4 = Maria | writer4 = | extra4 = | length4 =
| title5 = Тема Калиостро | note5 = Cagliostro's Theme | writer5 = | extra5 = | length5 =
| title6 = Калиостро увозит Марию | note6 = Cagliostro Takes Maria Away | writer6 = | extra6 = | length6 =
| title7 = Романс Алёши | note7 = Alesha's Romance | writer7 = | extra7 = Aleksandr Mikhailov | length7 =
| title8 = Купание Алёши (Болезнь) | note8 = Alyosha's Bathing (Disease) | writer8 = | extra8 = | length8 =
| title9 = Алёша едет к Калиостро | note9 = Alyosha Goes to Cagliostro | writer9 = | extra9 = | length9 =
| title10 = Неаполитанская песня | note10 = The Neapolitan Song | writer10 = | extra10 = Alexander Abdulov, Semyon Farada, Gennady Gladkov | length10 =
| title11 = Болото | note11 = Swamp | writer11 = | extra11 = | length11 =
| title12 = Калиостро едет к Алёше | note12 = Cagliostro Goes to Alyosha | writer12 = | extra12 = | length12 =
| title13 = Выступление | note13 = Performance | writer13 = | extra13 = | length13 =
| title14 = Материализация чувственный идей | note14 = Materialization of Sensual Ideas | writer14 = | extra14 = | length14 =
| title15 = Колдовство Калиостро | note15 = The Witchcraft of Cagliostro | writer15 = | extra15 = | length15 =
| title16 = Оживление статуи | note16 = Reviving the Statue | writer16 = | extra16 = | length16 =
| title17 = Дуэль (Болезнь Калиостро) | note17 = Duel (Cagliostro's disease) | writer17 = | extra17 = | length17 =
| title18 = Тема влюблённого | note18 = Lover's Theme | writer18 = | extra18 = | length18 =
| title19 = Финал | note19 = The Final | writer19 = | extra19 = | length19 =
| title20 = Титры | note20 = Credits | writer20 = | extra20 = | length20 =
| title21 = Уно моменто | note21 = Uno momento | writer21 = | extra21 = Alexander Abdulov, Semyon Farada, Gennady Gladkov | length21 = }}
==Legacy== "Formula of Love" is spoken of as one of the Soviet "quote films". In particular, the "Neapolitan Song" became very popular.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxxpxUkJ09Q&ab_channel=vdv8082|title=Пародия на Сан-Ремо|publisher=YouTube|date=1986|accessdate=2014-01-02|archive-date=2013-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101024105/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5q8n6s2OeI&feature=youtu.be}} In Russian</ref> The music and words of this pseudo-Italian aria were composed by Gennady Gladkov.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fakty.ua/178179-yulij-kim-draki-v-verhovnoj-rade-proizvodyat-na-menya-otradnoe-vpechatlenie-a-ne-dikoe |title=Интервью Юлия Кима |access-date=2020-05-21 |archive-date=2018-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001030951/https://fakty.ua/178179-yulij-kim-draki-v-verhovnoj-rade-proizvodyat-na-menya-otradnoe-vpechatlenie-a-ne-dikoe}} In Russian</ref> According to Alexander Abdulov, he received letters asking him to send notes and lyrics of this "abracadabra", including from some military units.<ref>TV film "Геннадий Гладков", 1989. In Russian</ref>
==Awards== * 1985 — Prize for Best Director to Mark Zakharov at the XI WCF of Television Films in Moscow
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0216755}}
{{Mark Zakharov}}
Category:1984 romantic comedy films Category:1984 films Category:1984 fantasy films Category:Soviet fantasy comedy films Category:Russian fantasy comedy films Category:Russian romantic comedy films Category:Soviet romantic comedy films Category:1984 Soviet films Category:1984 Russian-language films Category:Russian-language romantic comedy films Category:Russian-language fantasy comedy films Category:Films directed by Mark Zakharov Category:Films scored by Gennady Gladkov Category:Films based on Russian short stories Category:Mosfilm films Category:Films about Alessandro Cagliostro Category:Films set in the 1780s Category:Films set in country houses Category:Films set in the 18th-century Russian Empire Category:Films set in Saint Petersburg Category:Films shot in Moscow Oblast Category:Films shot in Saint Petersburg Category:Films based on works by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy