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Dir: Aleksandr Razumnyj

In the early Soviet years a young hermit Gavriil witnesses a new vibrant life of a city. Coming back to his monastery he tell the others what he has seen. A split among the monks follow and Gavriil finally escapes followed by others.

Dir: Aleksandr Razumnyj

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Dolina slyoz perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Aleksandr Razumnyj

The film presents a broad picture of social life through the prism of the family life of the largest Perm merchant Gribushin and an ordinary worker during the NEP period.

Dir: Aleksandr Razumnyj

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Semya Gribushinykh perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Aleksandr Razumnyj

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Aleksandr Razumnyj

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Kara-bugaz perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

One of a series of short Bolshevik propaganda films, Comrade Abram focuses on Abram Hersh, a young Jewish pogrom survivor who became a factory worker and organizer in Moscow and, eventually, a leader in the Red Army.

Dir: Aleksandr Razumnyj

Silent film set in 1919 during the Russian Civil War. The Red Army liberated a small town, but a unit of White Russians is still operating in the suburbs. A group of Red Army officers are posing as a gang of Batka Knysh to provoke the White Russians before the final blow.

Dir: Aleksandr Razumnyj

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Prince or Clown perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Does the old countess known the secret of winning at cards?

Dir: Aleksandr Razumnyj

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Aleksandr Razumnyj

1st screen adaptation of a literary classic: A mother recognizes the error of her ways after betraying the hiding place of workers' weapons to Czarist authorities, and later joins a demonstration where she addresses a revolutionary crowd.