The Stationmaster (1925)

Original title

Коллежский регистратор

Directed by

Ivan Moskvin, Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky

Genre

silent film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A stationmaster's quiet life is disrupted when his daughter leaves with a traveling officer. The film follows the father's lonely search and his heartbreak over losing his child.

melancholicpoignantbittersweetslow-burnquiettenderemotionally restrained

What happens

The Stationmaster (Russian: Коллежский регистратор, romanized: Kollezhskiy registrator) is a 1925 Soviet drama film directed by Ivan Moskvin and Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky and starring Moskvin and Vera Malinovskaya. It is an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's 1831 short story "The Stationmaster". The film's sets were designed by the art director Ivan Stepanov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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