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The House I Live In (1957)

The House I Live In poster
Original title
Дом, в котором я живу
Directed by
Lev Kulidzhanov, Yakov Segel
Genre
drama film, war film, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1935, new residents move into a house near Moscow. The film follows their lives through the years of World War Two.

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What happens

The House I Live In (Russian: Дом, в котором я живу, romanized: Dom, v kotorom ya zhivu) is a Soviet war romance film, shot in the Gorky Film Studio in 1957, directed by Lev Kulidzhanov and Yakov Segel. The film was the movie premiere of Zhanna Bolotova. The story begins in 1935, as some recent arrivals occupy a new house on the outskirts of Moscow. The occupants' lives throughout the events of the Second World War are chronicled. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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