Without witness /

This absorbing movie is from beginning to end, no more than a dialogue that happens between a now-divorced couple when the ex-husband visits his former wife in her two-room apartment, intending to destroy her pending marriage to a colleague who has control over him and his career. Apparently the hus...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Mikhalkov, Nikita (Director, Screenwriter), Prokofʹeva, Sofʹi͡a
Format:	Video
Language:	Russian
Language Notes:	In Russian with English subtitles.
Published:	Moscow, Russia : Ruscico, 1983.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Prokofʹeva, Sofʹi͡a > Film adaptations. Divorced people > Soviet Union > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Soviet Union > Drama. Divorced people. Man-woman relationships. Soviet Union. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Films de fiction. Adaptations cinématographiques.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	This absorbing movie is from beginning to end, no more than a dialogue that happens between a now-divorced couple when the ex-husband visits his former wife in her two-room apartment, intending to destroy her pending marriage to a colleague who has control over him and his career. Apparently the husband has always done whatever he could to further his own advancement, even at the expense of family and friends. Tension mounts as he tries to manipulate his ex-wife by any means possible.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed December 11, 2017). Based on S. Prokofʹeva's play, "A conversation without witness."
Physical Description:	1 online resource (90 min.)
Playing Time:	01:29:44
Awards:	Won 1983 Moscow International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize, Non-Competition