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It is the story of an American journalist who spends time in Russia and sees socialism in action. Upon his return to the U.S., a prestigious editor asks him to write a book about his experience. He receives a handsome advance for the project and he and his fiancée are able to buy a house, a car, and other symbols of the American dream. But the editor’s generosity comes with a caveat: the book must present a negative picture of Soviet society. Will he simply keep the money and do what is expected of him, or will he instead tell the truth?Read moreLess
It is the story of an American journalist who spends time in Russia and sees socialism in action. Upon his return to the U.S., a prestigious editor asks him to write a book about his experience. He receives a handsome advance for the project and he and his fiancée are able to buy a house, a car, and other symbols of the American dream. But the editor’s generosity comes with a caveat: the book must present a negative picture of Soviet society. Will he simply keep the money and do what is expected of him, or will he instead tell the truth?
The story
It is the story of an American journalist who spends time in Russia and sees socialism in action. Upon his return to the U.S., a prestigious editor asks him to write a book about his experience. He receives a handsome advance for the project and he and his fiancée are able to buy a house, a car, and other symbols of the American dream. But the editor’s generosity comes with a caveat: the book must present a negative picture of Soviet society. Will he simply keep the money and do what is expected of him, or will he instead tell the truth?
Cast & crew
Vsevolod AksyonovSmith
Yelena KuzminaJessie
Mikhail AstangovMacPherson
Mikhail NazvanovGould
Boris TeninMurphy
Mariya Barabanova
Konstantin Alekseevбармен
Sergei AntimonovKessler
Viktor DragunskyRadio host
Aleksandr KelbererHetchinsonExplore the crew
- Editor
- Yeva Ladyzhenskaya
- Director
- Mikhail Romm
- Director of Photography
- Boris Volchek
- Original Music Composer
- Aram Khachaturyan
- Screenplay
- Mikhail Romm