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Dinner Party

1953 · 30 min

A short, playful comic sketch where a simple social plan keeps slipping into confusion and dreamlike detours.

Directed by
Fridrikh Ermler
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Igor Ilyinsky, Anna Lisyanskaya, Nina Mamayeva
Overview
A man invites people to a dinner party, but a dream and his forgetfulness get in the way.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Fridrikh Ermler
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Igor Ilyinsky, Anna Lisyanskaya, Nina Mamayeva
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • deception
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Fridrikh Ermler
Written by
Mikhail Chervinsky, Fridrikh Ermler, Vladimir Mass
Starring
Igor Ilyinsky, Anna Lisyanskaya, Nina Mamayeva, Boris Zhukovsky, Semyon Derevyansky
Music
Gavriil Popov
Cinematography
Apollinariy Dudko
Runtime
30 min

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