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A Simple Case (1930)

A Simple Case poster
Original title
Простой случай
Directed by
Mikhail Doller, Vsevolod Pudovkin
Genre
drama film, silent film, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman face a rift in their relationship. The film shows their emotional struggle as they try to find their way back to each other.

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What happens

A Simple Case (Russian: Простой случай; Prostoy sloochay) is a 1932 Soviet film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller. Pudovkin was publicly charged with formalism for this experimental sound film and was forced to release without its sound track. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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