During the First World War, the Russian officer Captain Ivan Ignatoff falls in love with his nurse, Natasha Kovrin. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy industrialist of peasant stock.
Is it worth your time? If you like old-school melodrama where people stare intensely at each other across rooms, then yes, grab some tea. If you need pacing that moves faster than a slow crawl through a winter forest, you’ll probably be checking your phone every ten minutes. It is definitely for the crowd that likes th...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Alexis Granowsky
Maurice Elvey
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school melodrama where people stare intensely at each other across rooms, then yes, grab some tea. If you need pacing that moves faster than a slow crawl through a winter forest, you’ll probably be checking your phone every ten minutes. It is definitely for the crowd that likes their emotions served cold and their social obligations heavy. Moscow Nights feels like a relic you found in an attic. It’s got that specific black-and-white grain that makes everyt..."
Henry Koster, Pierre Benoît, Jacques Natanson
France
