The Bear () is a 1938 Soviet short film directed by Isidor Annensky.
The landlord Yelena Popova, who is going through the death of her husband, visits the owner of the neighboring estate, Grigory Smirnov, who insistently demands the repayment of Elena's husband's debt in order to improve her unfavorable financial situation, and, having been refused, calls her to a duel.