Underplayed Gems

The Girl Without an Address (1958)

The Girl Without an Address poster
Original title
Девушка без адреса
Directed by
Eldar Ryazanov
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man and a woman meet on a train and feel an instant connection, but she leaves without giving him her address. He spends the movie trying to find her across Moscow, while she takes on a series of jobs and gets into funny situations.

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What happens

The Girl Without an Address (Russian: Девушка без адреса, romanized: Devushka bez adresa)) is a 1957 Soviet romantic comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov and written by Leonid Lench. Produced during the Khrushchev Thaw, it stars Svetlana Karpinskaya and Nikolai Rybnikov. The film tells the story of a young construction worker who searches tirelessly through Moscow for the spirited girl he met on a train, while she embarks on her own journey of self-discovery through a series of odd jobs and misadventures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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