Gobseck
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Early XIX century. Gloomy home lender Gobseck in a suburb of Paris — a silent witness of human tragedy and ruined lives. The power of money equalizes people of different classes and positions, forcing the usurer to ask humbly for a loan. But mountains of rotting goods, gold and silver scrap do not bring happiness to Gobseck. From his own greed he loses his mind and dies..
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Leonid Leonidov
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No Entry to the City
Aleksandr Shatov
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Lenin in 1918
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Louis Forestier
Galina Sergeyeva
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Boule de Suif
Actress
Vissarion Shebalin
Oleg Leonidov
Osip Abdulov
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Treasure Island
The Sea Hawk
Honoré de Balzac
Yelena Gogoleva
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The Queen of Spades
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Tatyana Kondrakova
Jeanne
Mikhail Sadovsky
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Y Volkov
Verbrest
Konstantin Eggert Director · Oleg Leonidov Writer Honoré de Balzac Author
United States release July 15, 1937 · Produced in Russia · Production Rot-Front
Production
Mezhrabpomfilm
Production
Rot-Front
Production
Russia
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Original title
Гобсек
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · May 9, 1937
Russia · May 9, 1937
Theatrical
United States · July 15, 1937
Finland
December 1, 1950
Hungary
August 17, 1950
XC
February 16, 1951 · Theatrical
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