A Bright City (1928)
Partially lost movie. Based on the novella ‘The Red Scarf’ by Mikhail Pavlovich Rogi. The story of a peasant woman who comes to the city to join her husband, a factory worker, and finds it difficult to adjust to her new life. Only the fourth part of the film has survived.
Directors: Ivan Pravov, Olga Preobrazhenskaya.
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Raisa Puzhnaya as Nastasya Artemova |
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Vasiliy Gnedochkin as Pyotr Vasilev |
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Emma Tsesarskaya as Tonya |
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Elena Maksimova as Marusenka |
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Vladimir Chuvelyov as Beryozkin |
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Aleksandr Antonov as Conductor |
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Aleksandr Timontayev as Red army soldier |
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Nadezhda Kovalyova as |
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Mariya Shlenskaya as Village gossiper (uncredited) |
| Writing | Ivan Pravov | Writer |
| Writing | Olga Preobrazhenskaya | Writer |
| Directing | Ivan Pravov | Director |
| Writing | Mikhail Rogi | Short Story |
| Directing | Olga Preobrazhenskaya | Director |
| Camera | Aleksey Solodkov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Dmitri Kolupayev | Production Design |