Bed and Sofa (Abram Room, 1927)
Bed and Sofa, which is alternately called Third Meschanskaya Street in translation, depicted the changing social values as well as the often-harsh reality of life in Moscow during the 1920s. When unemployed Volodia comes to stay with his married friends Kolia and Lyudmila, he begins an affair with his friend’s wife. While Lyudmila initially sees Volodia as more sensitive and caring than her husband, she soon realises that he is no different from Kolia, and that both men treat her as an object. When Lyudmila becomes pregnant, the two men urge her to have an abortion as they are unsure which one of them is the father. She ultimately decides against it and leaves Moscow to live on her own.
This film is notable for providing a straightforward look at life in Moscow in the early years of the Soviet Union. The issues of sex, marriage, abortion and the status of women are examined, although no clear answer or solution is offered at the end of the film.[1]
Director: Abram Room
Writer: Abram Room, Viktor Shklovsky
Cast: Nikolai Batalov, Lyudmila Semyonova and Vladimir Fogel.
Year: 1927
Production Company: Sovkino
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This film is notable for providing a straightforward look at life in Moscow in the early years of the Soviet Union. The issues of sex, marriage, abortion and the status of women are examined, although no clear answer or solution is offered at the end of the film.[1]
Director: Abram Room
Writer: Abram Room, Viktor Shklovsky
Cast: Nikolai Batalov, Lyudmila Semyonova and Vladimir Fogel.
Year: 1927
Production Company: Sovkino
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[1] Judith Mayne. Kino and the Woman Question. (Columbus: Ohio University Press, 1989) 110.
