The House I Live In

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A Gorsky Film Studios

Production, Moscow

Screenplay:
I. Olshansky

Direction:

L. Kulidjanov, Yu. Segel

Camera:
V. Shumsky

Sets:
V. Bogomolov

Music:
Yu. Biryukov

Sound:
D. Belevich

Cast:

The Davidov Family:

Mother V. Telegina

Father:
N. Yelizarov

Sergei:
V. Zemlianikin

Konstantin:
Ye. Matveyev

Katya:
R. Shorokhova

Nikolai, her husband: P. Shalnov

Dmitri Kashirin:
M. Ulyanov

Lida, his wife:
E. Mishkova

Actress:
K. Yelanskaya

The Volinsky Family:

Galya:
Z. Bolotova

Mother:
K. Alperova

Father:
L. Kulidjanov

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The House I Live In

- How nice!

- ....

- Here, let me help you.

- ....

We've got to send a cat

in first, for luck.

We'll send Sergei instead.

Some others have come.

Galya! You're a sight!

What a lot of ragamuffins!

- Somebody's knocking.

- It's next door.

I'll manage alone.

Go and have dinner.

You've got a rehearsal.

Will he really jump?

Bring another rope.

You'll be late for your music lesson!

I don't want to go.

Then don't.

You can't go looking like that!

Must I stay here long?

Until the new tenants come.

As if I cared!

It's the driver who brought

out things.

Thanks. What's your name?

Nikolai.

I found this kitten ...

and thought you might want it.

Put on your coat.

I'm to be transferred ...

to a touring car.

Who are you?

Nobody. Just sitting here.

We're to be neighbours.

I'm Dimitri Kashirin.

And I'm Klavdia Davidova.

Where are your things?

- Is that all?

- Afraid so.

I'm a geologist.

I have a cot I can give you.

And this is my ...

Are you sure I'm yours?

A palace, eh?

Mom sends you those chairs.

Thanks, neighbour.

Hang up your coat. Got a nail?

Not even a nail.

Here, Sergei. It's pyrite.

Where'd you find it?

On the bank of the Volga.

He goes everywhere collecting stones.

- What are nails made of?

- Iron.

And who finds iron?

Geologists.

If a geologist finds a stone

like this ...

it means there must be iron nearby.

What must you do

if you want to be a geologist?

I know. Study your lessons.

And be able to get up

early in the morning.

It's hard to get up

when everybody else is asleep.

Sergei, come and get washed!

Sergei - 1935.

Sergei - 1941.

Hands off! Dimitri Fyodorovich

gave them to me.

A fine profession! Never home!

This time I'll come home for good.

Nothing is going to happen to me.

It's myself I feel sorry for.

Can't you understand?

Afraid I can't.

Goodbye, folks!

Good luck, Katya.

Off again?

- Where'd you get this?

- Dad made it.

Can I have some dinner?

Serve yourself, dear.

I'm sure to die.

Try it yourself ...

The pains just won't start ...

I suppose it takes time.

Gone again.

Deserts ... oases ... must be great!

For whom?

Maybe it'll go away?

I'm the husband.

Write us a note, Katya.

Your turn next, Lida.

Plenty of time.

You may put it off

till it's too late.

Gayla! You're late!

I don't want to study music.

But I've got to

if I'm going to be an actress.

I wonder if it'll be a boy

or a girl.

It's all over! A girl!

Nine pounds. Is that a lot?

More than average.

Have you seen her?

They don't let anybody in.

Hello, sis!

I'm looking for the Davidovs.

Konstantin! My son!

This must be Katya's husband.

Katya gave birth today.

A nine-pounder!

Above the average.

Good for Katya!

And what about me?

Same old story!

Lida, meet my eldest.

Come and celebrate with us.

What have you named the baby?

Maya.

Here's to Katya!

To Granny and Grandad!

I'm getting tipsy ...

Let's drink to Dimitri Fyodorovich.

He'd have been glad to join us.

I must go. Good night.

You've smoked up the room, son!

Very well, I'll smoke in the hall.

May I come in?

Mind my smoking?

Are you here on vacation?

Yes, on my way to the sea at Sochi.

First I wanted a little visit

with the parents.

Mom, where's Konstantin?

He'll be right back.

Mother is living with my kid brother

- not in Moscow.

I was studying medicine ...

Go on.

You find it interesting?

Very.

I fell ill in my second year

and had to leave.

I began designing textiles.

Do you like it?

Very much.

And this?

Even more.

I hate them.

I once dreamed

of becoming a real artist.

You have so many books!

"Determining the Age of Minerals"

They aren't my books.

Good morning.

Don't ... please ...

She's another man's wife.

And I love her, get that?

So what?

You were going to Sochi.

Go ahead.

What are you doing here?

Teacher's sick.

I wanted to ask you a question ...

Suppose you were grown up ...

and had a husband who loved you ...

and he went away on a trip ...

and another man made love to you.

What would you do?

I don't know.

I'm off to my acting lesson.

Do you know what it means

to be an actress?

On the stage she suffers,

makes audiences cry ...

then comes home and has supper.

She dies, ... really dies ...

and then ...

gets up and makes a bow.

It seems to be a safe profession ...

but every role she plays

costs her a bit of her heart.

It is a hard profession

and not as safe as it seems.

When I was 16 I didn't realize that.

Have you been on the stage so long?

And I have to study years and years!

Time passes quickly.

Recite something.

You must be more natural, dear.

But there is so much feeling

in that piece!

Do you know what I was thinking?

I was wondering why people don't fly.

Sometimes I fancy I'm a bird.

When you stand on the top

of a hill it seems as if ...

all you had to do was lift

your arms and fly away.

Shall we try it again?

You try, Ksenia Nikolayevna.

I have.

What I said was from a play.

Glad to see you back,

Dimitri Fyodorovich.

I knocked and knocked.

Were you asleep?

Come, dear,

I won't go away again.

Meet my son.

Give the baby some peace.

He just stands and smokes.

Says he loves her.

Speak to him.

Tell him he mustn't.

How can I?

But she's married.

I'll speak to him

when he comes back from Sochi.

Don't be nasty to her -

she's so young.

Did I behave like that

when I was young?

I can't bear the sight of her!

Seventeen!

Why, I'm grown up!

Many happy returns.

Who is it?

Oh, Sergei.

I thought it was a guest.

Come in, Sergei.

Gone? Run after him.

Why should I?

As if I cared!

Ah, so he's decided to come back.

We promised to go.

They're expecting us.

Has someting gone wrong at work?

Don't forget the perfume.

Shall we give her a book as well?

Perhaps "Structural Geology"?

Lida, what's the trouble?

Come along.

Are geologists ever

in mortal danger?

Sometimes.

How simply wonderful!

Why aren't you dancing, Galya?

Do come in for a minute.

I can't. I haven't been late

for a performance in 40 years.

And tonight is a closing performance.

Best wishes.

Turn off the music, Dad.

- Why?

- For an elocution lesson.

If you don't like it

you can leave.

She's stage-struck.

Why is it people don't fly?

Why is it they don't fly

like birds?

Sometimes I fancy I'm a bird ...

and have but to lift my arms

and fly away.

Go on, go on, we're listening.

Go on with your fish.

I'm sorry, Sergei.

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