Put me in the camp that is troubled by the end of the movie. I thought it was an attempt to put a positive spin on the Soviets. I was 13 when first viewing this and did not buy it.
In recent listings of great movies, this one is dropping bigly.
I’m in the camp that considers the entire movie a short version of hell.
As I recall the ending, it was sad but I do not remember the same positive spin on the Bolsheviks. I thought it was more of the whole new boss same as the old boss.
I disagree, I was 14 when I saw it and my insight into Russian life was long grocery lines and nuclear bomb. The part in the movie where they take over their home and split it up help me understand our way of life better and made me proud to be an American. Yes,I also remember the fallout shelters and duck and cover exercises in school. Who could forget Bert the turtle.