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Girl Friends (1936)

Girl Friends poster
Original title
Подруги
Directed by
Lev Arnshtam
Genre
drama film, war film, romance film, drama fiction, novella film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three girls grow up together in Petrograd and become nurses during the Russian Civil War. The film follows their friendship through the hardships of war.

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What happens

Girl Friends (Russian: Подруги, romanized: Podrugi) is a 1936 Soviet war romance film, directorial debut of Lev Arnshtam. The film tells story of the friendship among three girls from Petrograd who grow up together and become nurses during the Russian Civil War. The film was released in the US in 1936 as Three Women. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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