- Country: Soviet Union
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1943-09-13
- Director: Mikhail Romm
- Writers: Yevgeny Gabrilovich , Mikhail Romm
- Language: Russian
- Stars: Yelena Kuzmina , Vladimir Solovyov , Valentin Shcheglov , Faina Ranevskaya , Arkadi Kislyakov , Ada Vojtsik , Mikhail Astangov , Mikhail Bolduman , Rostislav Plyatt , Nikolai Orlov
- Runtime: 100 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Мечта , San , Dream , Marzenie (Poland) , Mechta
- Plot: About the inhabitants of a boarding house run by a tyrannical old woman, described by director Mikhail Romm as a "study of human destinies influenced by Tolstoy and Balzac."
- IMDB:tt0033889
Mechta Cast · · · ALL
Mikhail Romm
Director
Faina Ranevskaya
Madame Rosa Skorokhodova
Rostislav Plyatt
Yanek, cabdriver
Vladimir Solovyov
Vasil, Anna's brother
Yelena Kuzmina
Anna
Arkadi Kislyakov
Lazar Skorokhod
Ada Vojtsik
Vanda
Mikhail Astangov
Stanislav Komorovsky
Mikhail Bolduman
Zygmunt Dombek
Nikolai Orlov
Old weaver