Bed and Sofa
The film's Russian title is Tretya Meshchanskaya (Third Meschanskaya), the name of a then actual Moscow Street. The word "meschantsvo" however had come to be associated with petty-bourgeois vulgarianism and materialism - reflected in the muddle of ornaments and possessions in the apartment.,Featured in Women Filmmakers in Russia (1988),If this film was not explicitly the inspiration for Truffaut's Jules and Jim then he and Room certainly had the same muse singing on their shoulders. A fascinating silent film, very influential and far ahead of its time.,