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Actress (1943)

Actress poster
Original title
Актриса
Directed by
Leonid Trauberg
Genre
comedy film, war film, romantic comedy film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
6+
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A famous operetta actress during World War II decides to quit performing, thinking no one needs entertainment in wartime. She returns to the stage after realizing that soldiers and people on the home front still want music.

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What happens

Actress, (Russian: Актриса) is a 1943 Soviet war romantic comedy film directed by Leonid Trauberg. The film tells about the famous actress of the operetta, who decides to leave the profession in the midst of the war, as she thinks that nobody needs anyone else, but she returns to the scene, realizing that the military at the front, in the rear and in hospitals want to hear music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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