Alone (1931)

Original title

Одна

Directed by

Leonid Trauberg, Grigori Kozintsev

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young teacher gets assigned to a remote village in Siberia. She faces hardship and isolation as she tries to bring education to the region.

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What happens

Alone (Russian: Одна, romanized: Odna, meaning "Alone") is a Soviet film released in 1931. It was written and directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. It was originally planned as a silent film, but it was eventually released with a soundtrack comprising sound effects, some dialogue (recorded after the filming) and a full orchestral score by Dmitri Shostakovich. The film, about a young teacher sent to work in Siberia, is in a realist mode and addresses three political topics then current: education, technology, and the elimination of the kulaks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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