| The Adventures of Oktyabrina | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Grigori Kozintsev Leonid Trauberg |
| Written by | Grigori Kozintsev Leonid Trauberg |
| Cinematography | Fridrikh Verigo-Darovsky Ivan Frolov |
Production companies | Sevzapkino FEKS |
Release date | 9 December 1924 |
Running time | 980 meters (35 minutes) |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Languages | Silent film Russian subtitles |
The Adventures of Oktyabrina (Russian: Похождения Октябрины, romanized: Pokhozhdeniya Oktyabriny) is a 1924 Soviet/Russian silent film, an eccentric comedy, directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.[1][2] This film is presumed lost,[3] as it and many other early Russian films are believed to have been destroyed in a studio fire in 1925.
FEKS (ФЭКС) stands for «Фабрика эксцентрического актёра», "Factory of the Eccentric Actor", and The Adventures of Oktyabrina was their first work.[3]
Synopsis
Oktyabrina, a female Komsomol member and a building superintendent[3][2] evict a "Nepman" to the roof of the building for persistent non-payment of the rent. There the Nepman opens a bottle of beer, from which a "Coolidge Kerzonovich Poincaré" emerges. The name is concocted to be an epitome of evil, made from the names of the anti-Soviet politicians of the time, routinely bashed in the Soviet press. Together the Nepman and the genie plot to rob Gosbank, but are deterred by Oktyabrina with the help of fellow Komsomol members and engineering marvels of the time.[3][2]
Cast
- Zinaida Tarakhovskaya – Oktyabrina
- Yevgeny Kumeiko – Nepman
- Sergey Martinson – Coolidge Kerzonovich Poincaré
- Antonio Tserep – Advertiser
- Fyodor Knorre – MOPR member
- Yevgeny Kyaksht – Pope
- Nikolai Boyarchikov – Janitor
References
- ↑ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 180.
- 1 2 3 ПОХОЖДЕНИЯ ОКТЯБРИНЫ, Ленфильм. Аннотированный каталог фильмов (1918-2003). Дмитрий Иванеев, Ольга Аграфенина, Александр Поздняков, Светлана Коломоец, Ольга Бондарева, Ирина Филатова, Татьяна Николаенкова. 2004.
- 1 2 3 4 ПОХОЖДЕНИЯ ОКТЯБРИНЫ, Энциклопедия кино. 2010.
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