Bed and Sofa

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Tretya Meshchanskaya

A masterpiece of early Soviet cinema, a daring exploration of a ménage à trois, and a critique of contemporary Soviet realities.

  • Director

    Abram Room

  • With

    Lyudmila Semyonova, Nikolai Batalov, Vladimir Fogel

  • USSR 1927. 76min

  • Digital

  • English subtitles

  • With score

The life of a married couple is upturned when the husband’s friend joins them in their small, one-bedroom basement flat. Boasting wonderful naturalistic performances, a refreshing frankness regarding sexual relationships and a striking female protagonist, this landmark of Soviet silent cinema is both a psychological study of human relations and a commentary on 1920s Soviet society.

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