Два друга, модель и подруга (1928)

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Three Friends and an Invention is a 1927 Soviet film directed by Aleksei Popov.

Production

From the book Memories and Reflections on Theater written by the film's director, Aleksei Popov:

I was sick at the thought of making a comedy. During this time, there was literally a cry, "There are no Soviet comedies, there are no films on the material of our Soviet life." Under the influence of these requirements and the many failures in the field of comedy, my desire to make a modern comedy film was born.

There was one more circumstance that directly pushed us on the path to the creation of a Soviet comedy. At this time, the American film Our Hospitality featuring Buster Keaton was released here to massive success. We very much liked the humor of this comedy. The first railroad was shown on screen with all the entertaining oddities of a journey.

This atmosphere encouraged us to make the film Three Friends and an Invention. We wanted to produce a film about modern people, who are active and cheerful, and in the background capture the fading elements of Russian provincial life, both absurd and yet charming in their own way. The main characters were young worker-inventors. In the struggle for their invention they had to make a great journey from the countryside to the district capital.

They took a steamboat (here I used funny episodes from our own travels on the river Unzha in the Kostroma province), and then rode on a makeshift raft along small rivers, walked on foot, while carrying their cumbersome invention on their back, and fought fiercely with the bureaucrats.

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