Not by Bread Alone
2005 · 112 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 156 VOTES · DIR. Stanislav Govorukhin
Overview
During the post-WW2 reconstruction in Russia, bald-headed technocrat Drozhdov equates communism with the empowerment of the ordinary man over the arrogant "specialness" of genius. Dedicated scientist Lopatkin takes refuge in Moscow with the potty, brilliant old inventor Busko. Lopatkin works tirelessly on his invention, embarking on a roller-coaster of rejection and acceptance, his work vilified, plucked apart and plagiarized by colleagues, particularly by his nemesis Drozhdov. Drozhdov's wife Natasha, alienated from her cold, controlling husband, is increasingly drawn to Lopatkin, whom she knew when they both taught at the same school. Soon she runs away from her husband and happily keeps house for the two absent-minded ex-professors Lopatkin and Busko. Natasha is ready to give Lopatkin her own life, love and faith. Lopatkin is eager to sacrifice his life for the idea, doing the utmost for his motherland.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,443 lines
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00:00:17 Mosfilm Studios
00:06:40 ...on weekend.
00:11:59 Be sure and come for a-hunting, Rostislav Petrovich.
00:16:46 Mom, Masha is kicking me again.
00:20:06 l continue my work.
00:24:14 designing a similar machine. But it's something inferior to him.
00:28:14 What is your opinion?
00:33:37 You're wrong in a most base way!
00:38:37 please.
00:45:16 Everything is legal. Temporary registration.
00:49:17 Give it to me - now.
00:53:42 Beware, Nadezhda Sergeevna
00:57:52 How do you like that?
01:02:19 A two-layer tube...
01:05:47 ln this case, dear comrade Drozdova
01:11:18 Lopatkin? Of course l know him.
01:14:48 good enough for the safe spinning of the mould?
01:19:21 - What? - 'Thief'.
01:23:21 And we shall ask for someone else's opinion.
01:27:26 and he said: 'Do you fancy to become a turret-lathe operator?'
01:32:47 Do you mean you're...
01:37:08 - l mean Lopatkin. - Yes, l'm his wife. Why?
01:41:54 He's a prize of a lad.
01:47:13 What else can we do here?