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1992 Russian TV series

Trifles of Life
Screenplay by	Yuri Kamenetskii Ezhen Shchedrin Maxim Stishov Georgi Polonsky Arkady Stavitskiy Igor Berg
Directed by	Vyacheslav Brovkin Gennady Pavlov Alexander Pokrovsky
Starring	Maria Zubareva Sergei Kolesnikov
Music by	Irakli Gabeli (ru)
Country of origin	Russia
Original language	Russian
No. of episodes	74
Cinematography	Gregory Bulakh Vladimir Poluhin Vladimir Kachulin Felix Kefchiyan
Running time	35 min
Release	1992 (1992) – 1997 (1997)

Trifles of Life (Russian: Мелочи жизни, romanized: Melochi zhizni) is the first post-Soviet Russian TV series that was broadcast on 1st channel Ostankino in 1992-1995 for its first year and on Channel One Russia in 1995.^[1][2]

The married Kuznetsovs are experiencing a midlife crisis — Maria and Sergei do not have feelings for each other anymore. Their children Yulia and Alexander — have grown up and have their own interests.
There are financial problems in the family as Sergey loses his job. Famous fashion designer Igor Shvedov starts to make advances for Maria, she agrees to leave her husband for him. Masha goes to the Shvedov but they have a severe quarrel which leads to Masha running away in the night from her new husband. Afterwards she gets admitted to a hospital where it is discovered that she had a miscarriage. Because of Shvedov’s advice Masha is sent to a sanatorium in Almaty which is owned by his old friend. On the way Masha dies (the plot was amended because of Maria Zubareva’s death, in the original version Masha would return to Sergei).

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• Maria Zubareva as Maria (Masha) Kuznetsova, the teacher, Sergei’s wife
• Sergei Kolesnikov as Sergei Kuznetsov, an engineer, Masha’s husband
• Tatiana Matyuhova as Yulia, daughter of Masha and Sergei (married to Shvedov’s son, Igor)
• Yegor Kashirsky as Sasha
• Irina Apeksimova as Katya, the sister of Sergei (Gosha’s wife)
• Valery Nikolaev as Gosha
• Olga Fomichyova as Anna Stepanovna, the mother of Sergei and Katya (died in hospital from a heart attack)
• Alexander Lazarev as Igor Andreyevich Shvedov, the famous fashion designer
• Vyacheslav Bogachov as Alik, hairdresser
• Yevgeny Karelskikh as Nikolai Rokotov, Sergey’s boss
• Dmitry Nazarov as Alexander Makarov, poet
• Yury Yakovlev as Andrei Samofalov, politician
• Svetlana Bragarnik as Dina Lvovna, Samofalov’s wife
• Vasily Lanovoy as Vologdin, head of security firm
• Anatoly Lobotsky as Roman Bukreyev, Vologdin’s subordinate
• Igor Kashintsev as Yulian Ozherelev, a former actor, adventurer
• Nina Ruslanova as Natalia Yevdokimovna
• Georgy Martyniuk as Colonel
• Alexander Lenkov as Valentin
• Svetlana Nemolyaeva as Albina Sergeevna
• Yevgeni Lazarev as Alexander Petrovich
• Aleksandr Ilyin, Jr. as boy-messenger
• Sergey Rubeko as Marychev, customs officer
• Yuri Volyntsev as Viktor Vasilevich, special services worker