First off, check the year. If you came here looking for a tear-jerker about a dad in a camp, you are about sixty-seven years too early. This is the 1930 Soviet film directed by Boris Barnet, and honestly, it’s a whole different kind of stress. Is it worth watching today? Only if you actually like seeing how movies le...
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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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"First off, check the year. If you came here looking for a tear-jerker about a dad in a camp, you are about sixty-seven years too early. This is the 1930 Soviet film directed by Boris Barnet, and honestly, it’s a whole different kind of stress. Is it worth watching today? Only if you actually like seeing how movies learned to talk. If you want a smooth story with a clear ending, you are going to absolutely hate this. It is for the people who find themselves staring at the background of old bla..."
Mikhail Koltsov, Aleksandr Rzheshevsky
Soviet Union
