
House in the Snow-Drifts
House in the Snow-Drifts
1928, Russian. Directed by Fridrikh Ermler.
An adaptation of Evgenii Zamiatin’s short story “The Cave,” about a musician dying of hunger in his large, unheated Petersburg apartment because he was not needed in the revolutionary city.
- Runtime
- 0h 49m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Fridrikh ErmlerDirector
- Fyodor NikitinMusician
- Tatyana OkovaMusician's wife
- Yakov GudkinYasha
- Galina ShaposhnikovaGalya, Yasha's sister
- Aleksey MaseyevYasha's and Galya's father
- Valeri SolovtsovNeighbour-profiteer
- A. BastunovaProfiteer's wife
- Viktor PlotnikovProfiteer
- Gleb BushtuyevHouse manager
- Viktor PortnovManager's assistant
Details
- Released
- 23 March 1928
- Original title
- Дом в сугробах
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Boris Leonidov
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What House in the Snow-Drifts is based on
House in the Snow-Drifts is adapted from a short story.
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House in the Snow-Drifts runs 49 minutes (0h 49m).
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House in the Snow-Drifts isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 March 1928. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like House in the Snow-Drifts?
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Who directed House in the Snow-Drifts?
House in the Snow-Drifts (1928) was directed by Fridrikh Ermler and stars Fyodor Nikitin, Tatyana Okova, Yakov Gudkin.
What is House in the Snow-Drifts based on?
House in the Snow-Drifts is adapted from a short story.