"If you have a soft spot for dusty, old Soviet propaganda that actually tries to have a beating heart, Shame (1932) is worth a watch on a rainy Tuesday. Anyone who hates heavy-handed industrial politics and old men crying over giant metal turbines should stay far, far away. The movie is set during the first Five Year Plan. It is basically about this elderly worker in a Leningrad factory who gets tricked by a sneaky saboteur. ⚙️ Honestly, the plot is a bit like a cartoon safety video about watch..."
During the first Five Year Plan in the USSR, an elderly worker in a Leningrad turbine factory comes under the influence of a saboteur planning to wreck production goals..
Leonid Lyubashevsky, Fridrikh Ermler, Sergei Yutkevich
Soviet Union
If you have a soft spot for dusty, old Soviet propaganda that actually tries to have a beating heart, Shame (1932) is worth a watch on a rainy Tuesday. Anyone who hates heavy-handed industrial politics and old men crying over giant metal turbines should stay far, far away. The movie is set during the first Five Year P...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Fridrikh Ermler
Bruno Ziener
Community
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