Bed and Sofa (1927)
Tretya meshchanskaya (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 26min
- Comedy, Drama
- 1927 (Germany)
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| Vladimir Fogel | ... |
Volodia, a Printer
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| Nikolay Batalov | ... |
Kolia, the Husband
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| Lyudmila Semyonova | ... |
Liuda Semyonova, the Wife
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Leonid Yurenev | ... |
Building Superintendent
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Yelena Sokolova | ... |
Clinic Nurse
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| Mariya Yarotskaya | ... |
Paesant at the Clinic
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Directed by
| Abram Room | ... | (as A. Room) |
Written by
| Viktor Shklovskiy | ... | (story) |
| Viktor Shklovskiy | ... | (dialogue) |
| Viktor Shklovskiy | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Abram Room | ... | (screenplay) |
Cinematography by
| Grigori Giber | ... | (as G. Giber) |
Art Direction by
| Sergei Yutkevich | ... | (as S. Yutkevich) |
| Vasiliy Rakhals | ... | (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| E. Kuzis | ... | assistant director |
| Sergei Yutkevich | ... | assistant director (as S. Yutkevich) |
Art Department
| Mihály Bíró | ... | poster artist: Austria |
| Eric Rohman | ... | poster artist: Sweden |
| Yakov Ruklevsky | ... | poster artist |
| Georgii Stenberg | ... | poster artist |
| Vladimir Stenberg | ... | poster artist |
Production Companies
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- Südfilm A.-G. (1927) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Image Entertainment (2004) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Bed and Sofa')
- Bach Films (2006) (France) (DVD)
- Éditions Montparnasse (2009) (France) (DVD)
- Flicker Alley (2015) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Bed and Sofa')
- Film Preservation Associates (United States) (VHS) (as 'Bed and Sofa')
- Image Entertainment (United States) (DVD) (dvdr) (as 'Bed and Sofa')
- Movies Unlimited (United States) (VHS) (as 'Bed and Sofa')
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
A married couple have a small apartment in Moscow. When an old friend of the husband's arrives in the city, he is unable to find lodgings. Kolia, the husband, invites his friend to move in with them. While Kolia is away on business, sensual Liuda and attractive Volodia fall in love and have an affair. After his initial outrage, the husband calms down. Kolia winds up on the sofa, and the three settle into a menage-a-trois until the wife finds herself pregnant. The two men are trying to decide what to do, but Liuda is strong enough to make her own decisions. Considered a landmark film because of humor, naturalism, and its sympathetic portrayal of the woman.
Written by Fiona Kelleghan |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The film's Russian title is Tretya Meshchanskaya (Third Meschanskaya), the name of a then actual Moscow Street. The word "meschantsvo" however had come to be associated with petty-bourgeois vulgarianism and materialism - reflected in the muddle of ornaments and possessions in the apartment. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Women Filmmakers in Russia (1988). See more » |