Directed by Boris Barnet
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
(DVD, Flicker Alley)
A peasant girl (with duck) leaves her country home for the big city of Moscow. After a few close encounters with a streetcar, she ends up as a maid for a tyrannical hairdresser and his self-absorbed wife. Her luck changes when she is recruited to become a member of the workers union. At a social gathering, the union members put on a play of the French Revolution, and her boss just happens to end up playing a French aristocrat, leading to their falling out. However, after the girl is elected to the city council, he uses it to enhance his social status with their neighbors. It all turns out to be a misunderstanding, but like any good Soviet film, the boss gets his just dues in the end. Despite the political overtones, it is often hilarious and very well shot, incorporating many of the editing techniques made famous by Russian directors, but here at least it is at the service of the story.
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