Samara and Its Inhabitants

The Samara film studio "Three Comrades" has produced a documentary about Samara—a cinematic love letter to its hometown. The film’s screenwriter is Boris Kozhin—a renowned Samara documentary filmmaker, writer, and local historian—a man who knows thousands of stories about nearly every house and courtyard in the city. Unfolding at a leisurely pace—as languid as a summer evening on the banks of the Volga—the film *Samara and Its Inhabitants* tells the story of the magnificent city of Samara and its residents, both past and present. It speaks of the Volga—a river that not only serves as the city’s foundation but also shapes the unique character of those who have dwelt upon its shores for nearly five centuries—as well as of the winds blowing off the river and the scorching Samara sun.