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Pyshka
Also known as Boule de Suif in the USA
(1934) Soviet Union
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Mikhail Romm
Cast: Galina Sergeyeva [Madamoiselle Elizabeth Rousset, also known as Boule-de-suif], Andrey Fayt [the Prussian officer], Anatoliy Goryunov [Louiseau, a wine merchant], Faina Ranevskaya [Madame Loiseau], Pyotr Repnin [Lamadon, a miller], Tatyana Okunevskaya [Madame Carre-Lamadon], M. Mikhin (Mikhail Mukhin) [Count de Breville], Evgenia Mezentseva [Countess de Breville], S. Levitina (Sofya Levitina) [an old nun], N. Sukhotskaya (Nina Sukhotskaya) [a young nun], V. Lavrinovich [Cornudet], Valentina Kuznetsova [the guest house maid], Karl Gurnyak [a German soldier], Vladimir Osenev [a German soldier]
Mosfilm production. / Scenario by Mikhail Romm, from the novel Boule de Suif by Guy de Maupassant. Production management by Nikolay Vladimirov. Production design by Pyotr Beitner and Iosif Shpinel. Assistant director, Valentina Kuznetsova. Cinematography by Boris Volchek. / Released 15 September 1934. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Intended to be shot as a sound film, the film was shot without sound due to financial difficulties. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Prostitutes - Soldiers: German
Listing updated: 5 December 2022.
References: O’Leary-Silent p. ?; Youngblood-Soviet pp. 218, 318 : Website-IMDb : with additional informaation provided by Wiktor Węglewicz.
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