| The House on Trubnaya | |
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| Directed by | Boris Barnet |
| Written by | Bella Zorich Viktor Shklovsky Anatoli Marienhof Vadim Shershenevich Nikolai Erdman |
| Starring | Vera Maretskaya Vladimir Fogel |
| Cinematography | Yevgeni Alekseyev |
| Production company | Mezhrabpom-Rus |
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| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The House on Trubnaya (Russian: Дом на Трубной, romanized: Dom na Trubnoy) is a 1928 comedy film directed by Boris Barnet and starring Vera Maretskaya.
Plot
The film is set in Moscow at the height of the NEP. The petty-bourgeois public carries out their philistine life full of bustle and gossip in the house on the Trubnaya Street. One of the tenants, Mr. Golikov (Vladimir Fogel), owner of a hairdressing salon, is looking for a housekeeper who is modest, hard-working and non-union. A suitable candidate for use seems to him a country girl nicknamed Paranya, full name Praskovya Pitunova (Vera Maretskaya). Soon the house on Trubnaya receives shocking news that Praskovya Pitunova is elected deputy of the Mossovet by the maids' Trade Union.
Cast
- Vera Maretskaya as Parasha Pitunova - housemaid
- Vladimir Fogel as Mr. Golikov - hairdresser
- Yelena Tyapkina as Mrs. Golikova
- Sergei Komarov as Lyadov
- Anel Sudakevich as Marisha-maid
- Ada Vojtsik as Fenya
- Vladimir Batalov as Semyon Byvalov - chauffeur
- Aleksandr Gromov as Uncle Fedya
- Vladimir Uralsky (as V. Uralsky)
Production
The script "Parasha" written by Bella Zorich was at the Mezhrabpom-Rus studio for a long time without getting made into a film. The screenplay was written for Sergei Komarov, but after discussion it was decided that Boris Barnet will adapt the film. Zorich said that the story of the new Cinderella – Paranya Pitunova, was supposed to show how the Leninist slogan "Every cook must learn to govern the state" is interpreted in a distorted way by the philistine laymen. However Boris Barnet, when starting work on the film immediately commenced with modifying the script; the screenplay faced numerous rewrites by a multitude of authors including Viktor Shklovsky, Nikolai Erdman, Anatoli Marienhof, Vadim Shershenevich. The finished picture lost much of its satiric tone.
Reception
Russian Guild of Film Critics placed "The House on Trubnaya" in their list "100 best films of national cinema".
References
- Christie, Ian; Taylor, Professor Richard (19 August 2005). Inside the Film Factory: New Approaches to Russian and Soviet Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781134944330.
- Dave Kehr. "The Russians Are Coming". The New York Times.
- Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 271.
- "Дом на Трубной". VokrugTV.
- "Дом на Трубной". Encyclopedia of Native Cinema.
- Игорь ДЕВЯТОВ. "Мурманчанам покажут немое кино с живым музыкальным аккомпанементом". Komsomolskaya Pravda.
- "100 лучших фильмов по версии гильдии кинокритиков России". KinoPoisk.
External links
| Films by Boris Barnet | |
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- 1928 films
- 1928 comedy films
- 1920s Soviet films
- 1920s Russian-language films
- Soviet silent feature films
- Soviet comedy films
- Russian comedy films
- Russian-language comedy films
- Soviet black-and-white films
- Films directed by Boris Barnet
- Gorky Film Studio films
- Russian black-and-white films
- Russian silent feature films
- Silent comedy films