The read
It runs a compact 1h 14m.
Synopsis
Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
41 audience votes
Key crew
- Vsevolod PudovkinDirector
- Natan ZarkhiScreenplay
Cast
- Aleksandr ChistyakovWorker
- Vera BaranovskayaWorker's wife
- Ivan ChuvelyovThe Village Lad
- Vladimir ObolenskiyLebedev, the manufacturer
- Alexandr GromovThe Bald Revolutionary
- Sergei KomarovDistrict Police Chief
- Maks TereshkovichReporter
- V. ChuvelyovVillage Lad's Friend among New Workers
- Vladimir TsoppiAnti-German Patriot with Top Hat
- Nikolai KhmelyovStock Broker
- Mark TsibulskyStock Broker
- Vsevolod PudovkinGerman Officer
Stills
Themes
revolutionsoviet realism