Two-Buldi-Two
1929 · Movie · 65 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
A father and son, both clowns, are to perform together for the first time, but the civil war separates them, and the elder Buldy, tempted for a moment to acquiesce to the White forces, casts his lot with the revolution. At the climax Buldy Jr. escapes the Whites thanks to flashy trampoline and trapeze acrobatics; the gaping enemy soldiers forget to shoot. Even Kuleshov’s more naturalistic films show flashes of kinetic, stylized acting. A partisan listens to a boy while draping himself over a door. A Bolshevik official answers the phone by reaching across his chest, twisting his body so the unused arm can hike itself up, right-angled, to the chair.
Direction Lev Kuleshov · Nina Agadzhanova
Cast Sergei Komarov · Vladimir Kochetov · Anel Sudakevich · Andrei Fajt · S. Sletov · Mikhail Zharov · Vera Maretskaya · Nikolai Yarochkin · Aleksandr Chistyakov · S. Polyakov · Vladimir Uralsky · Aleksandr Gromov · Viktor Tsoppi
Screenplay Osip Brik · Philip Hopp
Cinematography Aleksandr Shelenkov · Pyotr Yermolov
Original title Dva-Buldi-dva
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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