“Bed And Sofa is unlike almost any other Soviet silent film. It deals with an atypical situation: a menage-a-trois during a housing shortage in Moscow. That the film could imply an imperfection in the socialist system (lack of adequate housing) alone makes it unusual. But Bed And Sofa is a landmark primarily because of its incredible humor and naturalism in depicting its characters. Room presents an intimate drama in a way that appears modern even today. Moreover, his sympathetic portrayal of the woman in the triangle, and of her decision at the film's conclusion, makes Bed And Sofa one of the few movies in any era to deal with the liberation of women.

“The script was written by Victor Shklovsky, the distinguished Russian formalist and literary critic, and is rumored to have been based on details of the private life of the great Revolutionary poet Mayakovsky.”