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Bed and Sofa

192775 minSoviet Union
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

A printer arriving in Moscow accepts a place on the sofa in a friend's crowded apartment. His considerate manner appeals to his host's wife, whose days are dominated by household duties. As affection shifts among the three, changing sleeping arrangements expose the unequal expectations that remain beneath their apparently unconventional domestic life.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
86:47
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Cast

DirectorsAbram Room

Historical context

The intimate setting connects the Soviet housing shortage with debates about relationships and women's independence during the New Economic Policy. The film tests the distance between promises of social change and the habits of daily life.

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