Mishki protiv Yudenicha

Set against the frantic backdrop of the Russian Civil War, Mishki protiv Yudenicha is a stylistic explosion from the FEKS (Factory of the Eccentric Actor) laboratory. The narrative follows a group of scrappy, resourceful children—the 'Mishki'—who find themselves entangled in the military maneuvers surrounding General Yudenich’s White Army offensive against Petrograd. Rather than a somber war drama, the film reinterprets the conflict through the lens of 'eccentricism,' transforming the battlefield into a space for acrobatic subversion and slapstick heroism. The children act as intelligence couriers and saboteurs, outmaneuvering the stiff, caricatured White Guard officers with a kinetic energy that owes as much to the circus as it does to revolutionary fervor. It is a story of youth outsmarting tradition, filmed with a relentless focus on movement over psychology.