''The Parisian Cobbler'' () is a 1928 Soviet silent

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directed by

Fridrikh Ermler Fridrikh Markovich Ermler (13 May 189812 July 1967) was a Soviet film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was a four-time recipient of the Stalin Prize (in 1941, twice in 1946, and in 1951). After studying pharmacology, he joined the Czari ...

Plot

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, usually known as Komsomol, was a political youth organization in the Soviet Union. It is sometimes described as the youth division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), although it w ...

girl Katya Karnakova (Veronica Buzhinskaya), a darling of the small provincial town Old Lopsha, is seriously smitten with a fellow Komsomol Andrei (Valery Solovtsov) and does not even try to hide this from others. After some time as a result of their affair, she becomes pregnant. Katya tells the news to Andrei. But he is not pleased with this news. Because birth of a child and fussing around with diapers are not included in Andrei's plans of constructing a "bright future" on a global scale. Therefore, Katya hears in response to her admission: "Oh, you dummy, dummy!" And then he promises: "Okay, I will think about it!" At first he tries to talk about this with the secretary of the Komsomol, Grisha Sokolov (Semyon Antonov), but he without even listening gives him a book edited by Nikolai Semashko titled "Gender Issues" to Andrei, making it clear that the conversation was over. And Andrei does not find anything better to do than to request help with his problem from Motka Tundelyu (Jacob Gudkin), a well-known troublemaker of a neighborhood gang. In response, he gives him "worthwhile" advice; "Katya should be dishonored... trouble will take place ... and she will lay off." Then Andrei offers Katya to come to the ravine at dawn. And he warns her: "Only without philistinism!" She comes at the appointed time, but instead of Andrei, she is met by strange guys from a local gang of punks. Katya is about to leave, but Motka Tundel persuades her to sit down and passes her a note from Andrei, in which he offers Katya to get together with several "reliable" guys, after which the situation resolves by itself.

Cast

* Veronika Buzhinskaya *

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* Yakov Gudkin *

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* Varvara Myasnikova *

Fyodor Nikitin Fyodor Mikhailovich Nikitin (; May 3, 1900 in Lokhvytsia – July 17, 1988 in Moscow) was a Soviet film and theater actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969). Winner of two USSR State Prize, Stalin Prizes first degree (1950, 1951). Filmography ...

Valeri Solovtsov Valery () is a male given name and occasional surname. It is derived from the Latin name ''Valerius''. The Slavic given name Valeriy or Valeri is prevalent in Russia and derives directly from the Latin. Given name * Valery Afanassiev, Russian pia ...

References

Bibliography

* Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. ''The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939''. Routledge, 2012.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 drama films Russian-language drama films 1920s Russian-language films Films directed by Fridrikh Ermler Soviet black-and-white films Silent Soviet drama films 1920s Soviet films {{1920s-USSR-film-stub