Summary In a typical communal flat [so called soviet kommunalka] live four women. Each has her independent destiny nevertheless they are united by a common misery - their womanhood in the prewar USSR. The "Widow's Steamship" is this communal flat and it is also a metaphor of the entire soviet society - this laboratory of misery. It is amazing how, despite of all this depravity, the women survive and find their way to glimpses of joy. View more details
Directed : Stanislav Mitin
Written : Stanislav Mitin
Stars : Nina Usatova Ekaterina Durova Olga Fadeeva Galina Petrova
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jun 19, 2010
Countries of origin : Russia
Language : Russian
Filming locations : Moscow, Russia
Production companies : Kinokompaniya Russkoe
Summary In a typical communal flat [so called soviet kommunalka] live four women. Each has her independent destiny nevertheless they are united by a common misery - their womanhood in the prewar USSR. The "Widow's Steamship" is this communal flat and it is also a metaphor of the entire soviet society - this laboratory of misery. It is amazing how, despite of all this depravity, the women survive and find their way to glimpses of joy. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jun 19, 2010
Countries of origin : Russia
Language : Russian
Filming locations : Moscow, Russia
Production companies : Kinokompaniya Russkoe
