Prostoi sluchai
Also known as [A Simple Case], [Life is Beautiful]
(1930) Soviet Union
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Vsevolod I. Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller
Cast: A. Baturin (Aleksandr Baturin) [Langovoy], Yevgeniya Rogulina [Mashenka], Mariya Belousova [the girl], Andrei Gorchilin [a worker], A. Chekulayeva (Anna Chekulaeva) [the worker’s wife], Ivan Novoseltsev [Vasya], Aleksandr Chistyakov [Uncle Sasha], V. Kuzmich [Zhyoltikov], A. Belov [Grisha], V. Uralsky (Vladimir Uralskiy) [the wounded soldier]
Mezhrabpom-fil’m production. / Scenario by Aleksandr Rzheshevsky, from an idea by Mikhail Koltsov. Art direction by Sergei Kozlovsky. Cinematography by Georgi Bobrov and Grigory Kabalov. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Pudovkin planned this to be a sound film but produced it as a silent due to the inadequacies of primitive Russian sound equipment. The film was released in the USA by Amkino Corporation on 12 February 1933. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Listing updated: 10 December 2017.
References: Youngblood-Soviet p. 228 : Website-IMDb.
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