Cinema
The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom
Папиросница от Моссельпрома
Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky · 1924
Synopsis
In Moscow, Zina sells cigarettes for Mosselprom, a state enterprise. Mityushin, a modest assistant bookkeeper who does not smoke, buys some from her every day because he is in love with her, without daring to declare himself, while her colleague Maria Ivanovna hopes he will notice her. A film crew comes to shoot in Zina's street: the cameraman Latugin falls in love with her and has her hired as an actress. At the studio she discovers a new world, and an American businessman, Oliver MacBride, also begins to court her.
Context
Produced by Mezhrabpom-Rus from a screenplay by Aleksei Faiko and Fyodor Otsep, the film was released on 2 December 1924. Yuliya Solntseva plays Zina, Igor Ilyinsky Mityushin and Nikolai Tsereteli the cameraman Latugin; Zhelyabuzhsky also signed the cinematography. The Cyril and Methodius encyclopedia sees it as a comedy of situations of the New Economic Policy. In France, Carlotta released it on DVD in 2007, with a documentary on its restoration.
Who it is for
A lively silent comedy, which shows the streets of Moscow and the studios of the mid-1920s.
Prizes and reception
Restored, the film was shown at the La Rochelle festival and is now commercially available in France.
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