Potholes (film)

Potholes
Directed by	Abram Room
Written by	Abram Room Viktor Shklovsky
Starring	Sergei Minin Evlaliya Olgina
Cinematography	Dmitriy Feldman
Production company	Sovkino
Release date	10 January 1928
Country	Soviet Union
Languages	Silent Russian intertitles

Potholes (Russian: Ухабы, romanized: Ukhaby) is a 1928 Soviet silent romantic drama directed by Abram Room.

The film's art direction was done by Viktor Aden.

Synopsis

The setting of the film is a glass factory. Glassblower Paul and the grinder Tanya fall in love and become husband and wife. At the factory, downsizing is happening and Tanya gets dismissed. She does not look for another job, deciding to devote himself to the family and the child. Meanwhile, Paul begins to have romantic relations with his co-worker Lisa and even leaves his family for her. Tanya finds a job at a factory in another city. On the boat, she meets Paul. Deciding to leave his past behind and start a new life he also transferred to another plant. The meeting ends with the reconciliation of the spouses.

Cast

• Sergei Minin
• Evlaliya Olgina

Bibliography

• Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.

External links

• Potholes at IMDb