Written by Ivan Turgenev (play) Release date 1953 Language Russian Running time 1h 40m Music director Mikhail Ziv | Music by Mikhail Ziv Country Soviet Union Director Vladimir Basov Screenplay Ivan Turgenev | |
Directed by Vladimir Basov
Mstislav Korchagin Cinematography Konstantin Petrichenko, Konstantin Brovin Similar Belyj Klyk, The Blizzard, The Shield and the Sword | ||
The Boarder (Russian: Нахлебник, Nakhlebnik) is a 1953 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Basov and Mstislav Korchagin and starring Boris Chirkov, Sergei Kurilov and Lidiya Dranovskaya.
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After years of absence from St. Petersburg comes Eletskaya (Lidiya Dranovskaya) to her estate together with her husband (Sergei Kurilov). The young couple are met by a poor nobleman Kuzovkin (Boris Chirkov), a boarder at the home of Eletskaya. Her husband and the surrounding landowners who are laden with boredom from the monotony of the provincial life, make fun of the old man, humiliating his personal dignity. Unable to withstand the bullying, Kuzovkin publicly declares that the woman of the house is his daughter. At the insistence of Eletskiy, the old man leaves the house of his daughter.