The New Moscow | |
Native Name: | Russian: Новая Москва |
Producer: | F. Zakatov V. Gutin |
Music: | Vladimir Yurovskiy |
Cinematography: | Igor Gelein |
Editing: | Tatiana Likhacheva |
Runtime: | 100 min. |
Country: | Soviet Union |
Language: | Russian |
Studio: | Mosfilm |
The New Moscow (Russian: Новая Москва|Novaya Moskva) is a 1938[1] Soviet sci-fi comedy film directed by Aleksandr Medvedkin[2] [3] [4] and Aleksandr Olenin. It was banned from showing by Joseph Stalin.[5]
The film tells about the adventures of the young designer Alyosha, who made a living model of the future capital of the Soviet Union, his relationship with his beloved girlfriend Zoya and the relations between the painter Fedya and the pig-tender Olya.
Accompanied by his grandmother, Alyosha travels to Moscow to display his model at a prestigious show.[6]