Docu-drama about political and military conflict during the Russian Civil War in 1918, from an orthodox pro-Communist viewpoint..


If you like your history books with a side of heavy-handed sermonizing, you might actually find something to latch onto here. If you prefer your cinema to have a pulse, a sense of humor, or even just characters who aren't essentially walking statues, you are going to be bored to tears. This isn't for the casual Friday ...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Nikoloz Shengelaia

Harley Knoles
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"If you like your history books with a side of heavy-handed sermonizing, you might actually find something to latch onto here. If you prefer your cinema to have a pulse, a sense of humor, or even just characters who aren't essentially walking statues, you are going to be bored to tears. This isn't for the casual Friday night crowd. The whole thing feels like it’s being projected through a thick layer of gauze and ideology. It is a very serious film. It takes itself so seriously that I found mysel..."
Kote Andronikashvili
Amiragov, Nikoloz Shengelaia, Aleksandr Rzheshevsky
Soviet Union
1920 · IMDb —
Harley Knoles


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