My Son (1928) aka Mon syn DVD-R

Starring Gennadiy Michurin, Anna Sten, Pyotr Berezov, Lyudmila Semyonova, Nikolay Cherkasov
Directed by Yevgeni Chervyakov
Print: Black/white
Runtime: 49 min
Genre: Drama
Language: Russian with English subtitles

Olga Surina’s confession to her husband Andrey that their newborn child belongs to another man. Through this intimate framing, Cherviakov crafts a sophisticated exploration of masculine identity and social transformation in the early Soviet period.