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Man from the Restaurant (1927)

Man from the Restaurant poster
Original title
Человек из ресторана
Directed by
Yakov Protazanov
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 02m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A waiter in a pre-revolutionary Russian restaurant tries to shield his family from scandal while navigating class divides. It shows his daily struggles at work and at home, leading to personal crises.

melancholicintimateslow-burnsomberobservationalcharacter-driven

What happens

Man from the Restaurant (Russian: Человек из ресторана, romanized: Chelovek iz restorana) is a 1927 Soviet drama film directed by Yakov Protazanov based on the story by Ivan Shmelyov. The main role was written for Ivan Moskvin, but he was changed for Chekhov because of illness. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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