Velikoe zarevo . The Great Glow
Russia, 1917. The film starts in the last months of World War I. Russian soldiers are against the war, the number of Bolshevik sympathizers grows. In Petrograd Lenin and Stalin prepare the revolution. The opposition tries to hinder their activities, but in vain. Lenin hides from the prosecutors with...
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Russian |
| Published: |
Tbilisskaia Kinostudia
1938
Soviet Union |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:9b5311f4-192e-4844-8987-5994acbbd449 |
| Summary: | Russia, 1917. The film starts in the last months of World War I. Russian soldiers are against the war, the number of Bolshevik sympathizers grows. In Petrograd Lenin and Stalin prepare the revolution. The opposition tries to hinder their activities, but in vain. Lenin hides from the prosecutors with Stalin's help. Alongside historical figures the film features a fictional love story between a Russian girl and a Georgian revolutionary. The film 'rewrites' the history of the revolution to emphasize the role of Stalin. |
|---|---|
| Published: | 1938 |