Das Pokrowski-Tor

The Pokrovsky Gate (Russian: Покровские ворота , romanized: Pokrovskiye Vorota ) is a 1982 Soviet comedy film produced for television by Mosfilm. It was directed by Mikhail Kozakov and stars Oleg Menshikov, Leonid Bronevoy, and Inna Ulyanova. The screenplay is based on a 1974 stage play by Leonid Zorin.

Featured in the film are three songs written and performed by renowned "bard" Bulat Okudzhava: "Chasovye Lyubvi" ("Sentries of Love"), "Zhivopistsy" ("Painters"), and "Pesenka ob Arbate" ("Ditty about Arbat").[1]

The title refers to a square on Moscow's Boulevard Ring near which the film's main characters reside.[2]