Friends are divided by loyalties during the Civil War in Russia following the Bolshevik Revolution: a young artist returns from Germany to help the Reds but is sympathetic to one acquaintance helping the Whites and is threatened by another friend for permitting treachery..
So, Cities and Years. This one’s a journey, for sure. If you’re into the big, sweeping historical dramas, especially those from an earlier era of cinema, you might find something compelling here. But let’s be real, if you’re looking for fast-paced action or crisp modern dialogue, this silent film from 1930 will probabl...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Yevgeni Chervyakov
Harley Knoles
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"So, Cities and Years. This one’s a journey, for sure. If you’re into the big, sweeping historical dramas, especially those from an earlier era of cinema, you might find something compelling here. But let’s be real, if you’re looking for fast-paced action or crisp modern dialogue, this silent film from 1930 will probably test your patience. It’s for the patient viewer, the history buff, or someone really curious about early Soviet filmmaking. Others? They’ll probably bail within the first twenty ..."
Yevgeni Chervyakov, Konstantin Fedin, Dmitri Tolmachyov, Nathan Zarkhi
Soviet Union
