Maria's Lovers

Maria's Lovers follows Ivan Bibic, a soldier who has spent years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War. He returns to his hometown in Pennsylvania with one dream sustaining him through captivity: to marry Maria, the girl he has loved since childhood. His father warns him that a woman pursued by many men may not be the most suitable partner, but Ivan is determined. Maria has waited for him, and the two marry soon after his return.

Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, this 1984 drama was his first English-language feature and the earliest title in the directing career listed for him here, ahead of Runaway Train, Tango & Cash, To Each His Own Cinema, The Nutcracker and Dear Comrades!. Nastassja Kinski and John Savage lead the cast as Maria and Ivan, with Robert Mitchum as Ivan's father and Keith Carradine as Clarence Butts, a travelling musician who takes an interest in Maria. The screenplay was written by Konchalovsky with Marjorie David and Gérard Brach.

The film runs 109 minutes and was produced by the Cannon Group and Golan-Globus Productions as a co-production between Israel and the United States. Audience response has been moderate: on IMDb it holds a rating of 6.5 out of 10 from around 3,200 votes, while on TMDB its score is 6 out of 10 from a much smaller voter pool.