A 1925 Soviet comedy about radios that nobody's heard — literally lost forever.
Sergei Yutkevich's directorial debut promoting availability of radio. Considered lost.
Direction
Yutkevich's debut before he became a Soviet cinema titan.
Production
Pure construction — built from surviving stills and speculation.
Director
Sergei Yutkevich
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title became ironic slang in Russian — 'даёшь' (give us) now signals desperate wanting of anything scarce.
Radio was revolutionary in 1925 USSR: instant state voice reaching peasants. This film sold that magic before sound cinema even existed.
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