A wise and forgiving communist leader decides to send a young worker, Karl Renn, as an international delegate to the Soviet Union after the worker had deserted a picket-line and had expressed doubts about the methods of class struggle in in his own country..
If you have any patience for Soviet-era agitprop, you might find Deserter interesting as a museum piece. If you want to actually enjoy your Sunday afternoon, stay far, far away. It is mostly for people who like reading pamphlets about class struggle while staring at grainy, flickering black-and-white film. Karl Renn i...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Maurice Elvey
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"If you have any patience for Soviet-era agitprop, you might find Deserter interesting as a museum piece. If you want to actually enjoy your Sunday afternoon, stay far, far away. It is mostly for people who like reading pamphlets about class struggle while staring at grainy, flickering black-and-white film. Karl Renn is our guy. He’s the worker who realizes that standing in the rain shouting at scabs isn't exactly his idea of a good time. He deserts, which is the ultimate sin in this world. But ..."
Sergey Komarov
Nina Agadzhanova, M. Krasnostavsky, Aleksandr Lazebnikov
Soviet Union
