Borys Zahorskyi

Kvartaly predmestya (52 minutes, USSR 1930, directed by Grigoriy Gritcher-Tchrikover) and it is about the cohabitation of a young Jewish woman (played by Nana Vatchnadze, a Soviet film star of those times) and a Ukrainian. This film pays attention to mutual national and religious stereotypes.

A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.

The film's plot is based on the real murder of the Soviet diplomatic courier Theodor Nette abroad. The pouch of the Soviet diplomat, which is stolen by British spies, is taken away by the sailors of a ship sailing to Leningrad who deliver it to the authorities. The intelligence agents make every effort to retrieve the bag.

Tram conductor Nadya Savitskaya went to study for tram driver courses. Her boss believes that women are not capable of such work and will only delay traffic. However, on her very first flight, Nadya Savitskaya prevents an accident and saves lives. The film was shot as part of a program to encourage women to study male professions, because in Soviet Union the rights of women and men were equalized: now they could do the same work and receive the same salary for it.