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6.0An ignorant and prejudiced American’s visit of Soviet Russia goes off the rails after his luggage is stolen and he is separated from his bodyguard.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
1924
4.7The vain station master of a Russian train station out in the sticks has a quarrel with an old peasant woman and has her thrown in jail. The local party youth organisation finally manage to get her released, after having to cut through lots of red tape.
Don Diego and Pelagia
1928
5.2In a Western capitalist country where a fascist government attempts to suppress a socialist uprising, revolutionary leader Thomas Lamm is imprisoned by the government but he escapes to the Soviet Union. There, he meets the engineer Podobed who invents the 'death ray' – a device which explodes gunpowder and fuel mixtures at a distance.
The Death Ray
1925
4.8Silent film set in 1919 during the Russian Civil War. The Red Army liberated a small town, but a unit of White Russians is still operating in the suburbs. A group of Red Army officers are posing as a gang of Batka Knysh to provoke the White Russians before the final blow.
Gang of Batka Knysh
1924
A screen adaptation of excerpts from Jack London's dystopian novel of the same name describing the rise of the Oligarchy (the "Iron Heel") in the United States. The film was meant to be screened during theatre performances performed by the same actors.
The Iron Heel
1919
NRAn agit-film about the struggle of Ukrainian peasants against the White Poles. A young woman, the daughter of a blacksmith taken prisoner by the White Poles, and a Red commander organise a partisan unit. One scene depicts the capture of a Polish landowner attempting to elude capture. He had been hiding from the Red Army soldiers in a barrel. The peasants nailed the barrel shut and, having inscribed the words: ‘To Warsaw – to Mr Piłsudski’, threw it into the Dnieper. Lost film.
In the Days of Struggle
1920
Film credits
1940s · 1 titles
1930s · 3 titles
5.3Following the end of the Russian Civil War, three close friends and former Red Army commanders—Langovoy, Zhyoltikov, and their elder comrade Uncle Sasha—return to their hometown to serve in the military headquarters. While Sasha and Zhyoltikov remain bachelors and share a room, Langovoy lives with his wife, Mashenka, whom he married during the war.
A Simple Case
1930
5.2The Great Consoler is Lev Kuleshov’s most personal film reflecting both the facts of his life and his thoughts about the place of the artist in contemporary reality. It was the only film in the Soviet cinema of those years that raised the question of what role a creative person played in society.
The Great Consoler
1933
One Kuleshov film that might be of great interest to scholars is The Breakthrough (Proryv, 1930). It was made in 48 hours. Naturally, such an unusual work did not stay in cinemas for a long time.
The Backlog!
1930
1920s · 7 titles
6.0An ignorant and prejudiced American’s visit of Soviet Russia goes off the rails after his luggage is stolen and he is separated from his bodyguard.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
1924
4.7The vain station master of a Russian train station out in the sticks has a quarrel with an old peasant woman and has her thrown in jail. The local party youth organisation finally manage to get her released, after having to cut through lots of red tape.
Don Diego and Pelagia
1928
5.2In a Western capitalist country where a fascist government attempts to suppress a socialist uprising, revolutionary leader Thomas Lamm is imprisoned by the government but he escapes to the Soviet Union. There, he meets the engineer Podobed who invents the 'death ray' – a device which explodes gunpowder and fuel mixtures at a distance.
The Death Ray
1925
4.8Silent film set in 1919 during the Russian Civil War. The Red Army liberated a small town, but a unit of White Russians is still operating in the suburbs. A group of Red Army officers are posing as a gang of Batka Knysh to provoke the White Russians before the final blow.
Gang of Batka Knysh
1924
NRAn agit-film about the struggle of Ukrainian peasants against the White Poles. A young woman, the daughter of a blacksmith taken prisoner by the White Poles, and a Red commander organise a partisan unit. One scene depicts the capture of a Polish landowner attempting to elude capture. He had been hiding from the Red Army soldiers in a barrel. The peasants nailed the barrel shut and, having inscribed the words: ‘To Warsaw – to Mr Piłsudski’, threw it into the Dnieper. Lost film.
In the Days of Struggle
1920
NRA down on his luck peasant goes to fight in World War I and returns home a hero. Partially lost.
Sickle and Hammer
1921
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The House of the Golubins
1925
Behind the camera
A screen adaptation of excerpts from Jack London's dystopian novel of the same name describing the rise of the Oligarchy (the "Iron Heel") in the United States. The film was meant to be screened during theatre performances performed by the same actors.
The Iron Heel
1919
NRA down on his luck peasant goes to fight in World War I and returns home a hero. Partially lost.
Sickle and Hammer
1921

