The Boarder (1953)
- Original title
- Нахлебник
- Directed by
- Mstislav Korchagin, Vladimir Basov
- Genre
- drama film, historical film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 4.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A poor former landowner, now reliant on charity, moves into the home of a wealthy relative. His presence stirs tension and guilt among the family members as old debts and social positions are confronted.
melancholicclass-consciousbittersweetformalslow-pacedtheatricalemotionally layerednostalgic
What happens
The Boarder (Russian: Нахлебник, romanized: Nakhlebnik) is a 1953 Soviet historical drama film directed by Vladimir Basov and Mstislav Korchagin and starring Boris Chirkov, Sergei Kurilov and Lidiya Dranovskaya. It is based upon the play Fortune's Fool (1848) by Ivan Turgenev. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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