Cigarette girl of Mosselprom

Summary: Exploding the myth that the Soviet silent cinema was limited to political propaganda, Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky's the Cigarette girl of Mosselprom is a playful romantic comedy set on the streets of 1924 Moscow, occasionally peeking behind the scenes of the Mezhrabpom-Rus Studios. Yuliya Solntseva stars as a tobacco vendor on the sidewalk outside Moscow's Mosselprom Trade Center, who must juggle the attentions of three disparate suitors: a young cameraman, a romantic and slightly zany bookkeeper, and a wealthy American industrialist. This edition of the Cigarette girl of Mosselprom was mastered from 35mm elements restored by the Cin©♭math©·que de Toulouse in 2007, in cooperation with L'Immagine Ritrovata and the Foundation Groupama Gan pour le Cin©♭ma.