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The Voice, is a 1982 Soviet psychological drama film. It is based on the screenplay of the same name by Natalya Ryazantseva and directed by Ilya Averbakh. This is the last film by director Ilya Averbakh. Plot Actress Yulia Martynova (Natalya Sayko) is starring in a new film, but in the middle of the film production she is suddenly hospitalized with a serious illness. The film director (Leonid Filatov) is emotionally involved; he becomes frustrated, but the actress comes back from her hospital bed to the studio to continue her work in post-production. Yulia cannot imagine her character speaking with the voice of another actress, so she deals with her condition, taking drugs to overcome her pain, in order to contribute her original voice to the film. The cast and crew members help the star to overcome, and her original voice brings new depth and meaning to the film after her death. Cast Natalya Sayko as Yulia Martynova Leonid Filatov as Film director Grigori Kalatozishvili as Writer Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina as Anna Viktorova Vsevolod Shilovsky as Cameraman Sergei Bekhterev as Composer Petr Shelokhonov as Production director Vasili Bochkarev as Arkady Yelena Safonova as Sveta Tatyana Kravchenko as Nadya Tatyana Pankova as art director Georgy Berezovsky as sound technician Tatyana Lavrova as Akhtyrskaya Mikhail Gluzsky as Pavel Platonovich Tatyana Rodionova as Film editor Alla Osipenko as Yulia's neighbor Boris Eifman as cameo Andrei Urgant as episode Nina Usatova as episode Production The film was produced by Lenfilm studios in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia, former USSR. Filming locations were in the city of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and its suburbs, as well as in Moscow. Post-production was done at Lenfilm studios. Production dates were from October 1980 to October 1982.