In 1921. With the help of Japanese interventionists, the White Guards defeat a Shaldyba partisan detachment.
Is this for you? If you have a thing for old Soviet-era war dramas that feel like they were filmed during an actual blizzard, you’ll probably find something to chew on here. If you need your action scenes to be clear and your heroes to be likable, just skip this. It’s rough, it’s muddy, and it moves with the urgency of...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Nikolai Beresnyov
Richard Boleslawski
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"Is this for you? If you have a thing for old Soviet-era war dramas that feel like they were filmed during an actual blizzard, you’ll probably find something to chew on here. If you need your action scenes to be clear and your heroes to be likable, just skip this. It’s rough, it’s muddy, and it moves with the urgency of a wounded animal. The whole movie feels like it’s vibrating with tension, even when nothing much is happening. It’s 1921, everyone is tired, and nobody looks like they’ve had a d..."
Leonid Klochkov
Nikolai Beresnyov, Yuri Laptev, Aleksandr Fadeyev
Soviet Union
1929 · IMDb 7.3
