Serafima Roshal

Serafima Roshal

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Soviet screenwriter and playwright. Sister of director Grigoriy Roshal.

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Petersburg Nights 1934 (5)

A loose Communist adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel. The serf Egor Efimov, a talented violinist, dreams of true art. Released by his landlord, he goes to the capital. But cold, bureaucratic St. Petersburg quickly destroys his illusions.
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The Oppenheim Family 1939 (8)

Based on Lyon Feuchtwanger's novel about the tragedy of society, through a look at the tragedy of one single family.
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His Excellency 1928 (7)

This 1928 film features stylized cinematography and actors from the Moscow Art Theater in a fiction story based on the life of Jewish Labor Bund member Hirsch Lekert who attempted to assassinate the Vilna governor in 1902 to avenge the flogging of workers who participated in a May Day rally.