Look, if you hate silent movies, you are going to hate this. Just walk away now. 🐔 But if you like weird old stuff that feels like it was filmed in a backyard with a very angry bird, then Dzhentelmen i Petukh is actually a good time. I watched this on a rainy Tuesday. It’s from 1928, so the film quality is... well, ...
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"Look, if you hate silent movies, you are going to hate this. Just walk away now. 🐔 But if you like weird old stuff that feels like it was filmed in a backyard with a very angry bird, then Dzhentelmen i Petukh is actually a good time. I watched this on a rainy Tuesday. It’s from 1928, so the film quality is... well, it looks like it was buried in a sandbox for fifty years. It’s a Soviet comedy. Most people think Soviet movies are all about steel factories and sad tractors, but this is just a ..."
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