this film be totally garbage . some imbecilic intellectual comfort himself by make all his best to claim superiority of aristocrat over work class . nothing more than a piece of self complacence catharsis . disgusting . if this kind of a movie be set in u and it will sure make itself a big joke . and simply because it come out from the other side and it make itself a masterpiece and a wonderful amusement for certain brain wash and or or brain washing western ( some george w. maybepositive . a typical cold war sequela and some kind of joke anyway . i would say and if this like express in this film be all what soviet intellectual have be think about all those year and then maybe they deserve all the misery they claim they have go through . but no . cause like many others and i have read and watch real masterpiece make by real outstanding soviet intellectual . for example and something also relevant with dog and white bim black ear both gavriil troyepolsky book and stanislav rostotsky movie be a real masterpiece . real life and real tragedy and real sad and real pride and dignity and one of the real best of the soviet era .