Bed and Sofa/Chess Fever (1927) Soviet Union
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Director:Room, Abram, Pudovkin, Vsevolod, Shpikovsky, Nikolai
Studio:Sovkino
Writer:Abram Room, Viktor Shklovsky
Rating:7.4 (325 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
Genre:Russian films
IMDb:0018505
Duration:1:45:00
Aspect Ratio:1.33 : 1
Sound:Silent
Languages:Russian
Subtitles:No subtitles
LAC code:300007524
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Room, Abram, Pudovkin, Vsevolod, Shpikovsky, Nikolai  ...  (Director)
Abram Room, Viktor Shklovsky  ...  (Writer)
 
Nikolai Batalov  ...  Kolia, the husband
Lyudmila Semyonova  ...  Liuda, the wife
Leonid Yurenyov  ...  The Porter
Vladimir Fogel  ...  Volodia, the friend
Yelena Sokolova  ...  The Nurse
Mariya Yarotskaya  ...  
Comments: DRUS 118

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.