Soviet proletarian film about anti-war strike at St Petersburg factory, 1914. Resembles Pudovkin's classic "End of St.
Is it worth your time? Honestly? Maybe. If you’re into the way Soviet filmmakers played with shadows and faces back in the early thirties, you’ll dig this. If you need a movie that moves like a modern thriller, skip it. You’ll be bored to tears within twenty minutes. It’s got that specific, dusty atmosphere you only f...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Sergei Yutkevich
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly? Maybe. If you’re into the way Soviet filmmakers played with shadows and faces back in the early thirties, you’ll dig this. If you need a movie that moves like a modern thriller, skip it. You’ll be bored to tears within twenty minutes. It’s got that specific, dusty atmosphere you only find in these old political dramas. It feels like someone took The End of St. Petersburg and decided to make it louder, but not necessarily smarter. Boris Poslavsky is really someth..."
N. Sholkovsky
Sergei Yutkevich, Vladimir Nedobrovo, Aleksei Chapygin, Andrey Mikhaylovsky, Lev Arnshtam
Soviet Union
1928 · IMDb 6.8
