In the Claws of the Soviets

In the Claws of the Soviets is a biting, episodic descent into the displacement of the Russian elite during the seismic shift of the October Revolution. The narrative follows an unnamed industrialist, a man whose identity is entirely tethered to his capital, as he is unceremoniously uprooted from his seat of power. Rather than a simple tale of flight, the film explores his 'misadventures' as a series of humiliating encounters with a world that no longer recognizes his authority. He becomes a ghost in his own land, a relic of a dying empire forced to navigate a landscape where his wealth is a liability and his social standing is an indictment. The film captures the chaotic friction between the old-world opulence and the raw, unrefined energy of the nascent Soviet state, turning a personal downfall into a macrocosm of historical inevitability.