The civil war has paralyzed the lives of many common people in Saint-Petersburg. Living in the same house, different families cope with the situation very differently.
Look, if you're not already into 1920s Soviet cinema, or silent films generally, then 'Dom v sugrobakh' is probably going to be a tough sell. This isn't a casual Sunday afternoon watch. But for anyone with a real curiosity about that specific era – the way people lived, or how early filmmakers tried to capture the chao...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Fridrikh Ermler
Bruno Ziener
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"Look, if you're not already into 1920s Soviet cinema, or silent films generally, then 'Dom v sugrobakh' is probably going to be a tough sell. This isn't a casual Sunday afternoon watch. But for anyone with a real curiosity about that specific era – the way people lived, or how early filmmakers tried to capture the chaos of the Russian Civil War without a word spoken – there are absolutely moments here that stick. You'll either find it strangely compelling or a bit of a slog, depending on your pa..."
Yevgeni Zamyatin, Boris Leonidov
Soviet Union
