1926SILENT FEATURE FILMS
SOVIET FILM ABOUT A COUPLE WHO INVITE A MALE FRIEND TO LIVE WITH THEM AND SLEEP ON THE SOFA. HUSBAND GOES OFF ON WORK TRIP LEAVING HIS SUBSERVIANT WIFE WITH WAR BUDDY.
RISKY FILM FOR THOSE TIMES. WITH LUDMILLA SEMYNOVA, NIKOLAI BATALOV, VLADIMIR FOGEL.
RISKY FILM FOR THOSE TIMES. WITH LUDMILLA SEMYNOVA, NIKOLAI BATALOV, VLADIMIR FOGEL.
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| 01:34:30 10 |
MS NICKOLAI AT DINNER TABLE SPOONING SOUP ASKS WIFE LUDMILLA WHY SHE LOOKS SO SAD, GUILT RIDEN LUDMILLA ABRUPTLY, LEAVES TABLE. VLADIMIR WITH HEAD DROOPED CONTINUES SIPPING HIS SOUP, ALSO FEELING GUILTY. CU ZOOM IN LUDMILLA WITH EAR TO CURTAIN LISTENS TO HEAR IF VLADIMIR WILL TELL HER HUSBAND ABOUT THEIR AFFAIR.
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| 01:36:02 102 |
SHUCKED FACE OF NICKOLAI AS VLADIMIR TELLS HIM OF HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH NICKOLAI'S WIFE. FACE SADDENS, PUTS HIS FACE DOWN. THEN, IN ANGER, POUNDS TABLE WITH HIS FIST, STANDS UP AS LUDMILLA ENTERS ROOM, OFFERS HIM FORK WITH FOOD MORSEL ON IT FOR HIM TO TASTE. HE DOES, HE WALKS BACK TO KITCHEN, LISTENS AGAIN AT CURTAIN.
NICKOLAI ASKS, "VOLODYA - DO YOU MEAN TO STAY HERE". "YES", SAYS VOLODYA. "THEN I SHALL GO AND YOU WILL STAY TOGETHER SAYS NICKOLAI, WALKS TO COAT HANGER, PUTS ON HAT AND COAT AS VLADIMIR SITS WITH HEAD DOWN IN GUILT. NICKOLAI TAKES FEW BELONGINGS, WALKS OUT. |
| 01:39:37 317 |
TITLE: "BUT THERE WASN'T ONE VACANT ROOM IN THE CITY". - NICKOLAI IN HIS OFFICE, CLEARS OFF DESK TO MAKE BED FOR HIMSELF. VARIOUS SCENES NICKOLAI TRYING HIS BEST TO SLEEP ON HARD DESK, TO NO AVAIL. CU REMOVING BOOTS. USING JACKET AS BLANKET. TWISTING AND TURNING. THINKING. VARIOUS SHOTS (NICKOLAI DREAMING)
RELAXED NICKOLAI ON ROCKING CHAIR SEMI-IMPOSED OVER HIMSELF SLEEPING COMFORTABLY IN SOFT MATTRESS, PILLOWS AT HOME, PETTING WITH HIS WIFE LUDMILLA. CU NICKOLAI ON ROCKER SEMI-IMPOSED OVER HIMSELF LYING DOWN, HAVING A SMOKE. |
| 01:42:00 460 |
CU NICKOLAI AWAKES, SAYS "DAMNED WOMAN". PUTS JACKET OVER HEAD, TRIES TO SLEEP.
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| 01:42:50 510 |
VARIOUS ABOVE VIEWS MOSCOW SQUARE AS SEEN FROM HORSE STATUARY ATOP BOLSHOI THEATER DURING RAIN. PAN MOSCOW CITYSCAPE CIRCA 1926. STREET SCENE PEDESTRIAN, AUTO TRAFFIC (CIRCA 1926).
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| 01:43:18 538 |
MS LUDMILLA SITTING ON WINDOW SILL LOOK PUT CLOSED WINDOW AT HEAVY RAIN. IS ASTONISHED AS RAIN SOAKED HUSBAND NICKOLAI WALKS IN WITH EXCUSE HE LEFT SOME THINGS BEHIND WHEN HE LEFT. NICKOLAI COLLECTS BELONGINGS WALKS OUT. SEEING HOW HEAVY IT IS RAINING, LUDMILLA RUNS OUT TO BRING HIM BACK. RAIN SOAKED COUPLE ENTER ROOM AGAIN. CU FACE SHOT HAIR SOAKED LUDMILLA SHYLY ASKS HIM, "KOLYA, STAY HERE. YOU HAVE NO ROOM AND THERE IS THE SOFA".
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| 01:47:18 778 |
CU TWO MEN'S (NICKOLAI AND VLADIMIR) HANDS PLAYING CHECKERS, SMOKING CIGARETTE ON TABLE. VARIOUS SHOTS TWO MEN HAVING GRAND TIME PLAYING CHECKERS, SMOKING AS LUDMILLA STANDS IGNORED, BORED, IN THE ROOM. MORE TWO MEN PLAYING CHECKERS. ONE MIMICS PLAYING GUITAR. SUB-SERVIENT LUDMILLA MAKING BED AS BEDTIME ARRIVES.
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| 01:50:02 942 |
NICKOLAI SPOTS LUDMILLA REMOVE SHIRT FOR BEDTIME, TURNS HIS HEAD, TELLS VLADIMIR TO ALSO TURN AWAY, VLADIMIR GOES ALONG WITH IT. CU LUDMILLA GLANCES TO VLADIMIR TO SEE IF HE WILL COME TO BED IN THE PRESENCE OF NICKOLAI. NICKOLAI ENJOYS THE DILEMMA. VLADIMIR INVITES NICKOLAI TO HAVE TEA, NICKOLAI AGREES, STARTS TO MAKE TEA.
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| 01:51:21 1021 |
MS NICKOLAI LIGHTS SMALL ALCOHOL BURNER CIRCA 1920S PUTS UP POT. VLADIMIR CLEVERLY ASKS NICKOLAI TO GO BUY ROLLS ROLLS AS. NICKOLAI GOES OUT. WHEN HE RETURNS HE SEES POT BREWING, SCREEN IN FRONT OF THE BED WITH VLADIMIR'S CLOTHES DRAPED ON IT. MCU TEA POT BREWING ON SMALL BURNER. HE ANGRILY PUNCHES PILLOW ON SOFA, PLOPS DOWN TO SLEEP, FEELING OUTWITTED BY VLADIMIR.
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| 01:52:31 1091 |
MCU ELDERLY TOWN GAS LIGHTER ON LADDER LIGHTING FLAME ON STREET LIGHT, CIRCA 1920S, SCRATCHES BEARD WHEN FINISHED.
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| 01:54:00 1180 |
MS VARIOUS SCENES VLADIMIR AND NICKOLAI PLAY CHECKERS, TOTALLY IGNORING LUDMILLA. LUDMILLA ASKS EACH ONE TO TAKE A WALK WITH HER, THEY IGNORE HER TO PLAY CHECKERS SAYS, "I'M TIRED OF YOU AND YOUR CONFOUNDED GAMES, I'M TIRED OF BOTH OF YOU".
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| 01:57:50 1410 |
MCU VLADIMIR WITH EARPHONES ON LISTENS TO RADIO AS HE RESTS ON SOFA. RAISES, TELLS LUDMILLA IN COMMANDING TONE, "GET THE TEA READY. LUDMILLA IGNORES HIM.
VLADIMIR TAKES OFF EARPHONES GOES TO HER SAYS, "YOU'RE AS SOUR AS AN OLD VINEGAR JUG! AND IT SHOWS THAT YOU CARE MORE ABOUT KOLYA (HER HUSBAND) THEN ME". LUDMILLA PUTS ON HAT AND SCARF, STARTS TO WALK OUT. VLADIMIR PHYSICALLY GRABS HER ARM, LOCKS DOOR. "YOU WILL NOT LEAVE! I SAY WHEN YOU DO!" "I AM YOU HUSBAND - AND MASTER IN THIS HOUSE". gender rolls, chauvinism. |
| 02:01:31 1631 |
MCU LUDMILLA LOOKS AT VLADIMIR AS HE SITS ON SOFA LISTENING TO RADIO WITH EAR PHONES SAYS TO HERSELF, "HIS MAJESTY IS AS LOUD AS THE OTHER ONE (NICKOLAI) -
AND AS BAD....". WALKS TO BED, TAKES OFF HAT, LAYS DOWN FALLS ASLEEP |
| 02:04:22 1802 |
MLS NICKOLAI QUIETLY SNEAKING THROUGH WINDOW (LIKE BURGLAR) AFTER FINDING DOOR LOCKED, (BY VLADIMIR). SEES VLADIMIR SLEEPING ON SOFA, LUDMILLA ON BED, SITS ON ROCKER QUIETLY ENJOYING WHAT HE SEES. FALLS ASLEEP ON ROCKER.
LUDMILLA AWAKES DURING NIGHT, SEES NICKOLAI ON ROCKER, TAKES HIM CUP TEA, PETS HIM ON HEAD SEDUCTIVELY, INVITES HIM TO BED. JUST AS HE IS ABOUT TO DO SO, VLADIMIR AWAKENS SEES NICKOLAI IN CHAIR. NICKOLAI SITS BACK IN CHAIR, THEY ALL FALL BACK TO SLEEP |
| 02:06:21 1921 |
CU FACE SHOT CAT YAWNING. MAN SLEEPING ON SOFA, PILLOW OVER HEAD.
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| 02:06:27 1927 |
HOUSEWIFE (LUDMILLA) SCRUBBING CLOTHES (THE OLD WAY) IN WASHTUB CIRCA 1920S, AS VLADIMIR, ALONGSIDE HER, CRACKS TWO EGGS OVER BOILING BOILING WATER (POACHED). MS WORKING ON BLUEPRINTS IN LIVING ROOM AREA. SUDDENLY LUDMILLA FEELS FAINT, SITS, PUTS HEAD DOWN ON TABLE. VLADIMIR GOES TO HER, GIVES HER GLASS OF WATER, SHE TELLS HIM SHE IS PREGNANT. VLADIMIR TELLS NICKOLAI THE NEWS. NICKOLAI GOES TO LUDMILLA WHO SITS WITH HAND OVER FACE.
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| 02:10:23 2163 |
MS VLADIMIR LOOKS OVER CALENDAR, COUNTS BACK THE MONTHS, WITH FINGER, REALIZES CONCEPTION TOOK PLACE WHILE NICKOLAI WAS AWAY, MAKING HIN (VLADIMIR)
THE EXPECTANT FATHER. |
| 02:10:59 2199 |
MS NICKOLAI TELLS LUDMILLA "YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE AN OPERATION, I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY ELSE'S CHILD!" NICKOLAI PACES ROOM, LIGHTS CIGARETTE TELLS VLADIMIR,
WHO IS SEATED AT TABLE, BOTH HANDS TO HIS HEAD IN DEPRESSED MANNER, "LUDMILLA MUST GO TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE AN ABORTION". LUDMILLA HEARS THIS, WALKS INTO ROOM, ANGRILY SAYS, "SO YOUVE ARRANGED EVERYTHING?" BOTH MEN HANG THEIR HEADS IN SHAME. |
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VARIOUS VIEWS LUDMILLA SEATED IN WAITING ROOM OF PRIVATE HOSPITAL WITH OTHER WOMEN, WAITING HER TURN FOR ABORTION. HORRIFIED AS EACH NUMBER IS CALLED.
WATCHING OTHERS PREPARE FOR THEIR ABORTION. WATCHING AS OTHER YOUNG WOMEN SHOW THEIR FEAR OF PROCEDURE. |
| 02:16:18 2518 |
SEATED BY WINDOW, LUDMILLA OPENS IT FOR FRESH AIR, SEES LITTLE GIRL PLAY WITH DOLL. CU CHILD WITH DOLL IN ARMS. CU LUDMILLA VISUALIZES CUTE INFANT IN BASSINET.
SMILES, THEN RETURNS TO REALITY. LUDMILLA PICKS UP AND STORMS OUT OF ABORTION CLINIC JUST AS NURSE CALLS HER NUMBER. NEXT YOUNG WOMAN TAKES LAST PUFF ON CIGARETTE AS HER NUMBER IS CALLED. |
| 02:19:03 2683 |
VARIOUS SHOTS LUDMILLA AT HOME PACKING HER THINGS IN BUNDLE AND SUITCASES.
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| 02:20:04 2744 |
NICKOLAI AND LUDMILLA AT HOSPITAL AS NURSE FOR LUDMILLA. WHEN NURSE ASKS THEM WHO THEY ARE, BOTH SAY "HER HUSBAND". NURSE INFORMS THEM LUDMILLA CHANGED HER MIND AND LEFT.
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| 02:21:45 2845 |
VARIOUS SHOTS LUDMILLA PACKING, PAUSING TO CONTEMPLATE HER MOVES, WIPES TEARS FROM EYES. CU FACE OF SMALL CAT FIGURINE WHICH SHE PICKS UP AND PACKS.
SHE ENCOUNTERS ELDERLY BEARDED SUPERINTENDENT, TELLS HIM, "I AM LEAVING.....I'M NOT COMING BACK ANY MORE TO YOUR MIDDLE-CLASS MUDDLES". SHE ALSO TELLS HIM SHE CAN TAKE CARE OF HERSELF AFTER HER SHOWS CONCERN FOR HER. LUDMILLA WRITES LETTER TO HER "HUSBANDS" CU LETTER), WALKS OUT. GOOD LUCK TO YOU LUDMILLA SEMYNOVA", SAYS SUPER. THEY SHAKE HANDS. CU TWIN TROLLEY CARS TOWARDS CAMERA. OLD SUPER PEERS IN ROOM, SPITS, SHUTS CURTAINS IN HIS ANGER OF THE TWO "HUSBANDS". |
| 02:25:00 3040 |
LS ABOVE VIEW STREET SCENE, TROLLEYS, VINTAGE AUTOS, PEDESTRIANS, CIRCA 1926 MOSCOW.
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| 02:25:28 3068 |
NICKOLAI AND VLADIMIR ENTER ROOM, SEE AND READ THE FAREWELL LETTER, LOOK AT THEMSELVES SADLY. VLADIMIR SAYS "KOLYA, IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE ROTTERS".
VARIOUS VIEWS LUDMILLA ON TRAIN LOOKING OUT AT SCENERY, MOVING TRACKS. |
| 02:28:16 3236 |
NICKOLAI LAYING ON BED, VLADIMIR LYING ON SOFA, NICKOLAI SAYS "WELL VOLODYA, SHALL WE HAVE SOME TEA?" "IS THERE ANY JAM LEFT, KOLYA" SAYS VLADIMIR.
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| 02:29:01 3281 |
TRAIN TOWARDS CAMERA, LUDMILLA PEERING OUT WINDOW. IRIS SHOT TRESTLE BRIDGE, POV TRAIN.
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