Underplayed Gems

City of First Love (1971)

City of First Love poster
Original title
Город первой любви
Directed by
Boris Yashin, Manos Zacharias
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film shares three short stories about young love in Stalingrad. Each story shows a different couple navigating their romantic feelings in the city.

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What happens

City of First Love (Russian: Город первой любви, romanized: Gorod pervoy lyubvi) is a 1970 Soviet drama film directed by Boris Yashin and Manos Zacharias. The film consists of three short stories on a common theme. All stories take place in Stalingrad. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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