The Magpie (1959)

Original title

Сорока-воровка

Directed by

Naum Trakhtenberg

Genre

drama film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous actor attends a theater run by a prince and meets a talented actress. He watches her perform and learns about her life in the 19th century Russian estate.

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What happens

Thieving Magpie (Russian: Сорока-воровка) is a 1958 Soviet drama film directed by Naum Trakhtenberg, based on the novel with the same name by Alexander Herzen. The film takes place in Russia in the first half of the 19th century. The film tells about the successful actor Shchepin, visiting the theater of Prince Skalinsky, where he meets a gifted actress named Aneta. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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