Moscow, how it cries and laughs
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Moscow, how it cries and laughs The girl with the hat box |
| Original title | Девушка с коробкой / Dewuschka s korobkoi |
| Country of production | Soviet Union |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1927 |
| length | 67 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Boris Barnet |
| script |
Valentin Turkin Vadim Scherschenewitsch |
| production | Meshrabpom film, Moscow |
| camera |
Boris Franzisson Boris Filschin |
| occupation | |
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Moscow, the way it cries and laughs , also known as The Girl in the Hatbox , is the rare example of a Soviet silent film comedy . The film, made by Boris Barnet in the winter of 1926/1927 , made the leading actress Anna Sten in the title role the best-known female film star of the late Soviet silent film.
action
The young Natascha, who lives with her grandfather in a modest to poor hut near Moscow, has a job in Madame Irène's hat shop at the time of the so-called New Economic Plan, when the Soviet leadership made some small concessions to private initiatives and the private sector. Natascha's boss and her husband have truthfully informed the accommodation committee that Natascha has rented a room in their house. With this little white lie, Irène's husband can finally move into a room just for himself, in which he can laze around to his heart's content. Fogeljew, who has a job with the state railroad, has had a crush on Natascha for some time, but she has her eye on Ilya, the young, homeless student she met on a train ride.
To help Ilya, Natascha and Ilya get married, and she puts her new husband in the officially free-standing apartment that Madame Irène's husband actually wanted for himself. Natascha, however, believed that this little room was actually intended for her and is not aware of any guilt. Nonetheless, Irène throws her employee out of hand because of this arbitrariness and feeds them with government bonds, which are supposed to be worthless. However, these bonds are linked to a lottery. When it comes to the draw, Natascha surprisingly wins the high sum of 25,000 rubles for the time . Now Natascha and her Ilja can finally live happily together without having to rely on the goodwill of others.
Production notes
Moscow as it Cries and Laughs , also known as The Girl in the Hatbox , premiered on April 19, 1927. There is no record of a German performance.
reception
"The film is very fresh and lively and skilfully processes elements of the 'slapstick comedies'."
Web links
- Moscow, as crying and laughing at the Internet Movie Database (English)