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Comet (1929)

Comet poster
Directed by
Valéry Inkijinoff
Genre
silent film
Country
Soviet Union
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent Soviet film about religious leaders and merchants exploiting poor Tatar people before the Russian Revolution. It also follows the love story between a coachman and a merchant's maid.

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What happens

«Коме́та» (второе название — «Пучина») — немой фильм, поставленный в 1929 году режиссёром и актёром Валерием Инкижиновым по мотивам пьесы татарского писателя Ахмета Рахманкулова «Пучина» («Омут»). Фильм не сохранился. В кинокартине рассказывается об эксплуатации духовенством и купцами беднейшего татарского населения в дореволюционные годы. В сюжет картины вплетена история любви кучера и служанки купца. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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