The film is surprisingly not bad. The gloomy atmosphere of the hopelessness of the late 30s of the 20th century is well conveyed. It is noteworthy that in many respects the plot of the film correlates with the current situation in Putin's Russia. Everywhere a total lie, indifference, fear, bewilderment in the eyes of thinking people, anger in the eyes of the gray masses... A terrible and beautiful movie.
The most interesting are sketches from real life of people in the USSR. These are endless party meetings, where they brand the enemies of the people. This is the situation when Sophia Petrovna goes on a tram and sees how the old witch does not offer to sit a young woman with a baby, explaining that she (the witch) did not ride in trams when she was young.
The film certainly deserves to be viewed by those who do not understand what the Soviet Union was like.
The most interesting are sketches from real life of people in the USSR. These are endless party meetings, where they brand the enemies of the people. This is the situation when Sophia Petrovna goes on a tram and sees how the old witch does not offer to sit a young woman with a baby, explaining that she (the witch) did not ride in trams when she was young.
The film certainly deserves to be viewed by those who do not understand what the Soviet Union was like.
