Your Acquaintance
Your Acquaintance (Russian: Ваша знакомая, romanized: Vasha znakomaya) is a 1927 Soviet short silent drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov and starring Aleksandra Khokhlova, Pyotr Galadzhev and Yuri Vasilchikov.[1][2] Only a fragment of the film still survives.
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| Directed by | Lev Kuleshov |
| Written by | Aleksandr Kurs |
| Cinematography | Konstantin Kuznetsov |
| Edited by | Lev Kuleshov |
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Release date | 25 October 1927 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Silent Russian intertitles |
The film's art direction was by Vasili Rakhals and Alexander Rodchenko.
Plot
The film is set in Moscow, during the years of the NEP. Journalist Khokhlova falls in love with Petrovsky, a responsible officer at an industrial plant. This infatuation has a negative impact on her work and the girl is fired. Meanwhile Petrovsky's wife returns. This situation reveals the true nature of the lover who is an egoist and a vulgarian. The girl is near suicide however the tragic denouement is prevented by Vasilchikov who has been in love with the journalist for a long time, a modest editor of the department "Working inventions."
Cast
- Aleksandra Khokhlova as Khokhlova - journalist
- Pyotr Galadzhev as Secretary
- Yuri Vasilchikov as Vasilchikov
- Boris Ferdinandov as Petrovski
- Anna Chekulaeva as Petrovsky's wife
- Aleksandr Gromov as Typographer
References
- Christie & Taylor p.434
- Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 234.
Bibliography
- Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.