Alone (1931 Soviet film)

Alone
Directed byGrigori Kozintsev
Leonid Trauberg
Written byGrigori Kozintsev
Leonid Trauberg
StarringYelena Kuzmina
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Sergei Gerasimov
Maria Babanova
CinematographyAndrei Moskvin
Music byDmitri Shostakovich
Production
company
Release date
  • 10 October 1931 (1931-10-10) (Soviet Union)
Running time
80 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian
Yelena Kuzmina is both the star and the main character of the film.

Alone (Russian: Одна, romanizedOdna, meaning "Alone") is a Soviet film released in 1931. It was written and directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. It was originally planned as a silent film, but it was eventually released with a soundtrack comprising sound effects, some dialogue (recorded after the filming) and a full orchestral score by Dmitri Shostakovich.[1] The film, about a young teacher sent to work in Siberia, is in a realist mode and addresses three political topics then current: education, technology, and the elimination of the kulaks.

  1. ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. pp. 283–284.