Valentina Khmelyova

Películas

Accordion
Art Direction
Igor Savchenko's Accordion (Garmon', 1934) was adapted from a poem by A. Zharov. This film sheds light on the reasons why the mass song came into being. In it, the country boy Timosha stops playing the accordion after being chosen leader of the local Komsomol. When he understands that he must compete with the sad kulak songs played by Tlskliby ("Mournful"), he recognizes his mistake in abandoning his accordion, and in the end he gathers the other youths around him with his lively and merry songs.
The Thaw
Art Direction
A story about capitalistic corruption in a small village and the personal struggles of Anka (Vera Marinich) as she is pregnant and abandoned by her lover.
Recuerden sus caras
Art Direction
La acción tiene lugar en una curtiduría. Un joven judío mejora una máquina que se utiliza para mecanizar el proceso de trabajo. Algunos trabajadores la estropean, instigados por un competidor que manipula sentimientos anti-semíticos para que el joven sea forzado a abandonar la fábrica. Una unidad de Komsomol aparece a tiempo para detener los ataques contra el joven Beïtchik.