Marionettes (1934)

Original title

Марионетки

Directed by

Porfiry Podobed, Yakov Protazanov

Genre

comedy film, satirical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a satirical comedy from 1934 Soviet Union. It uses music and slapstick to poke fun at fascist ideas and figures.

whimsicalsatiricalupbeatmusicalzanyplayfullightheartedsilly

What happens

Marionettes (Russian: Марионетки) is a 1934 Soviet satirical antifascist film directed by Yakov Protazanov and Porfiri Podobed. The film is a hybrid of several genres: musical comedy, social satire and political propaganda. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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