THE HOUSE ON TRUBNAYA
Specials
Boris Barnet’s silent comedy combines formal experiments with key themes of Soviet cinema in the Twenties and Thirties. The film is about the contrast between country and city, about everyday life and work, and about a new consciousness. Paraša is a young woman who travels to Moscow from the provinces with her duck. Upon arrival in the city, she begins to look for work and accommodation. The hairdresser Golikov offers her a job because she is not in the union. Paraša works hard in the house on Trubnaya until she is befriended by a union representative. Finally, Paraša herself is elected to represent domestic workers in the local Soviet.
DOM NA TRUBNOJ / DAS HAUS IN DER TRUBNAJA-STRASSE
USSR 1928 / 64 min
Director: Boris Barnet
- Screenplay: Bella Zorič,Anatolij Mariengof
- Cinematographer: Evgenij Alekseev
- Cast: Vera Mareckaja,Vladimir Fogel,Elena Tjapkina
- Production Company: Mežrabpom-Rus' - Moskau
Boris Barnet’s silent comedy combines formal experiments with key themes of Soviet cinema in the Twenties and Thirties. The film is about the contrast between country and city, about everyday life and work, and about a new consciousness. Paraša is a young woman who travels to Moscow from the provinces with her duck. Upon arrival in the city, she begins to look for work and accommodation. The hairdresser Golikov offers her a job because she is not in the union. Paraša works hard in the house on Trubnaya until she is befriended by a union representative. Finally, Paraša herself is elected to represent domestic workers in the local Soviet.
- Screenplay: Bella Zorič,Anatolij Mariengof
- Cinematographer: Evgenij Alekseev
- Cast: Vera Mareckaja,Vladimir Fogel,Elena Tjapkina
- Production Company: Mežrabpom-Rus' - Moskau