Dark Eyes (also known as Oci ciornie and Ochi chyornye) is a 1986 Italian and Russian language film which tells the story of a 19th century married Italian who falls in love with a married Russian woman. It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Marthe Keller , Yelena Safonova , Pina Cei and Vsevolod Larionov .
The movie was adapted by Aleksandr Adabashyan , Susan Cecchi and Nikita Mikhalkov from stories by Anton Chekhov. It was directed by Mikhalkov.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.