General:
USSR 1926
Directors: Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
Duration: 91 minutes
Russian original version with simultaneous second projection of German intertitles
In brief:
The film tells the tragic yet comedic story of the rise and fall of the humble clerk Akakij Akakievitsch.
His life changes only when he decides to buy himself a new coat. After long saving (and starving), Akakievitsch finally holds his new coat in his hands. The coat transforms Akakij Akakievitsch both outwardly and inwardly.
Music:
New score for traditional and prepared solo piano by Wilfried Kaets