Adventures of Korzinkina

1941 Comedy 38 minutes Directed by Klimenti Mints

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About Adventures of Korzinkina

Yana Korzinkina, a cashier at a small-town station, decides a nervous beginner must sing at the variety review after the jury and the master of ceremonies refuse him. She plants small bits of sabotage until the serious show turns into a clown act. The singer, with her help, gets an ovation. Klimenti Mints wrote and directed the Lenfilm short, and Yanina Zheymo plays Korzinkina.

Cast & crew

More about Adventures of Korzinkina

Mikhail Kaplan photographed it and Dmitri Shostakovich composed the score. Ukrainian and Russian reference pages date the premiere November 1, 1941, and give 38 minutes. Wikidata lists the year 1941 and no running time.

Themes

  • a cashier who will not take no
  • a frightened debut
  • a review wrecked on purpose
  • Korzinkina
  • variety review
  • station cashier
  • Zheymo
  • ovation

Look

Mikhail Kaplan photographed the Lenfilm short.

Music

Dmitri Shostakovich is the composer on Wikidata.

Notes

  • The Ukrainian Wikipedia compares the backstage scramble to Charlie Chaplin.
  • Korzinkina works at the town station, not in a theater company.
  • She asks both the jury and the emcee before she starts interfering.
  • No English Wikipedia article is linked from the Wikidata item.

Scenes

  • Korzinkina's pranks turn the review into a clown show, and the beginner still wins the audience.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (1941. Приключения Корзинкиной.webm)