A Slave of Love (1976)

Original title

Раба любви

Directed by

Nikita Mikhalkov

Genre

comedy drama, romance film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A silent film actress in 1917 Russia becomes the object of affection for revolutionaries who risk arrest to watch her movies. She gets caught up in their dangerous world while continuing to make her films.

bittersweetnostalgicromanticlightheartedplayfulmelancholicsuspensefulcharming

What happens

A Slave of Love (Russian: Раба любви, romanized: Raba lyubvi) is a 1976 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nikita Mikhalkov and written by Friedrich Gorenstein and Andrey Konchalovskiy. It stars Elena Solovey, Rodion Nakhapetov and Aleksandr Kalyagin. The film is about a silent film actress, Olga Voznesenskaya (Elena Solovey), whose films are so admired by the revolutionaries that they risk capture to see her on the screen. The character of Olga was inspired by Vera Kholodnaya. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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