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Marionettes
Marionettes is a 1934 Soviet satirical antifascist film directed by Yakov Protazanov and Porfiri Podobed.
Plot
The film begins with a prologue in which a master of ceremonies (Ivan Arkadin) introduces the principal cast - all of whom are named after the seven notes of the musical scale (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, and Ti) - in the form of marionettes on a puppet stage.
More details
| author | Vladimir Shvejtser Yakov Protazanov |
|---|---|
| director | Porfiry Podobed Yakov Protazanov |
| genre | comedy political satire |
| keywords | anatoly ktorov arrest bolshevik border post cheering crowd groom lets go live abroad master of ceremonies musical scale political unrest principal scale solomon solomonic wisdom string the king |
| musicBy | Leonid Polovinkin |
| productionCompany | Gorky Film Studio |
| theme | propaganda |