General Information

Original Title

Dom, v kotorom ia zhivu

Author/Creator

Kulidzhanov, Lev, director.

Language

Russian.

Published

Soviet Union : Mosfilm, 1957.

Physical Description

VHS (100 min.)

Contributors

Contributor

Segel, Yakov, (director)

Contents/Summary

Summary

Set in the years prior to and during WWII, the story centers on the various residents of a co-op house. Though the directors never show the war itself, its tragic impact is felt throughout the film. Most of the action occurs in the area of a comfortable middle-class dwelling, and the early pre-war scenes rather leisurely involve three neighboring clans down the hall. One family is dominated by a stern mother, Valentina Telegina, whose strong face dominates every one of her scenes. Next door live a geologist and his lovely wife, who betrays him, to her grief. Then there is the awakening adolescent attraction of a stalwart lad for a pretty would-be actress. What follows, with the 1941 mobilization, is a perceptive, beautifully restrained portrait of a disintegrating war-time residence and its changing occupants. As the camera scours the house and the troubled residents, the co-directors wisely manage to avoid sentimentality by ending most of the emotional scenes at their peaks. And despite the potential for Soviet propaganda, what sticks in the mind is the universality of the experiences endured by the leading characters. "Dom, V Kotorom Ya Zhivu" was one of Russian's entries in the 1958 Brussels Film Festival.

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation

The House I Live In

Note

Duration: 01:40:00

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
VHS	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0898	Available	-	-