About a merry, smart boy - Tom Soyer, that, testing, as him it seemed to, all facilities, to be good, decided nevertheless to go away from home and become a marine robber..
Is it worth watching? Honestly, you probably only want to watch this if you are a completionist or have some weird obsession with 1930s Soviet-era adaptations of American literature. If you go in looking for the charm of a modern family flick, you will be disappointed. It is stiff, it feels a bit stagey, and the pacing...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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Cecil M. Hepworth
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"Is it worth watching? Honestly, you probably only want to watch this if you are a completionist or have some weird obsession with 1930s Soviet-era adaptations of American literature. If you go in looking for the charm of a modern family flick, you will be disappointed. It is stiff, it feels a bit stagey, and the pacing is all over the place. But there is something weirdly fascinating about seeing how they interpreted Twain back then. It’s not the Tom Sawyer you remember from the schoolbooks. It..."
Nikolay Shestakov, Mark Twain
Soviet Union
1920 · IMDb 7.4
Cecil M. Hepworth
