Tears Were Falling (Russian: Слёзы капали, romanized: Slyozy kapali) is a 1982 Soviet fantasy drama film directed by Georgiy Daneliya.

The plot can be viewed as a modern interpretation of the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Snow Queen.

The mirror shatters, and one of its millions of fragments falls into the eyes Pavel Ivanovich Vasin, a resident of the small town of Zarechensk.

Ordinarily a balanced person, respectable family man, and helpful neighbor and colleague, Vasin changes beyond recognition.

Vasin kicks his son out of the household, quarrels with his wife, hurls verbal abuse at his colleagues at work, and even goes so far as to attempt suicide.