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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 930

The Little House in Kolomna

191330 minRussia

Synopsis

Asked by her widowed mother to find an inexpensive cook, Parasha brings home the officer she loves, disguised as a woman. The household gains a servant whose real purpose is to remain near the daughter. Keeping up the performance turns ordinary domestic routines into opportunities for discovery, especially when the supposed cook needs to shave.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 29:50
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Режиссёр Пётр Чардынин · Public domain

Cast

Praskovya Maksimova

Sofya Goslavskaya

Ivan Mozzhukhin

DirectorsPyotr Chardynin

Inspirations

Chardynin adapts Pushkin's comic poem, with Ivan Mozzhukhin playing the officer in disguise. The small domestic setting allows the humor to depend on gestures and the mother's confidence in what she thinks she sees.

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Wikipedia — film reference Wikidata — film identity and credits Mozzhukhin Festival — 2021 catalogue Russian Wikipedia — The Little House in Kolomna

Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 12, 2026.

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Ivan Mozzhukhin — Unknown author Unknown author; Internet Archive · Public domain

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