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The Overcoat (1926) · Cineora

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A GRIGORI KOZINTSEV FILM

The Overcoat

19261h 3mMovie

Drama

IMDb6.7/ 10 · 461 votes

THE STORY

Bashmachkin, a lowly, impoverished government clerk in St. Petersburg, endures workplace mockery and dedicates his meager savings to buying a new winter coat.

Melancholic
Bittersweet
Dark
Class
Workplace
Period piece

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Mild
Complexity: Some focus

Good for watching alone, a quick watch and talking about after.

DirectorGrigori Kozintsev · Leonid Trauberg

FormatFeature film

TMDB5.1 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Andrei KostrichkinAkakiy Bashmachkin

Antonina YeremeyevaYoung lady 'heavenly creature'

Aleksei Kapler'Not important person' / 'Very important person'

Sergei GerasimovYaryzhka, card sharp

Emil GalTailor

Yanina ZheymoTailor's assistant

Vladimir LepkoTailor Petrovich

Oleg ZhakovBashmachkin's coworker

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