THE HOUSE ON TRUBNAYA SQUARE

Showings

Castro Theatre Sat, Jul 20, 2013 6:30 PM
Accompanied by Stephen Horne

Description

USSR, 1928, Director Boris Barnet

Cast
Vera Maretskaya, Vladimir Fogel, Yelena Tyapkina, Sergei Komarov, Anel Duakevich, Ada Vojtsik

General $15 / Member $13

Our vote for Best Soviet Silent Comedy ever, Trubnaya is a brilliant look at class distinctions in the newly urbanized Soviet Union. “Set in a Moscow housing project, where a young scrubwoman discovers a new sense of self after she sees a film about Joan of Arc, this silent 1928 comedy displays a superb technique, a grace with actors, and a talent for eccentric characterizations that suggest Leo McCarey more than Karl Marx.” —Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader (TRT: 64 mins.)