Arsenal

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg in Arsenal (1929)

A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.

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7.1/10

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Semyon Svashenko

Timosh - the Ukrainian
(as S. Svashenko)

Georgi Khorkov

A Red Army Soldier
(as G. Khorkov)

Amvrosi Buchma

Laughing-Gassed German Soldier
(as A. Buchma)

Dmitri Erdman

A German Officer
(as D. Erdman)

Sergey Petrov

A German Soldier
(as S. Petrov)

M. Mikhajlovsky

A Nationalist
(as Mikhajlovsky)

Aleksandr Evdakov

Tsar Nikolas II
(as A. Evdakov)

Luciano Albertini

Raffaele
(uncredited)

Nikolai Kuchinsky

Symon Petliura
(uncredited)

Pyotr Masokha

Workman
(uncredited)

Osip Merlatti

The actor Sadovsky
(uncredited)

Nikolai Nademsky

Grandpa
(uncredited)

Aleksandr Podorozhnyy

Pavloo
(uncredited)

T. Wagner

A Nurse
(uncredited)

Boris Zagorsky

Dead Soldier
(uncredited)

Director
- Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Writer
- Aleksandr Dovzhenko
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Trivia
The film concerns an episode in the Russian Civil War in 1918 in which the Kiev Arsenal January Uprising of workers aided the besieging Bolshevik army against the Ukrainian national Parliament Central Rada who held legal power in Ukraine at the time.

Goofs
In a scene early in the film, a soldier lies dead, covered with sand, but the sand can be seen to rise and fall with the actor's breathing.

Connections
Edited into The Last Bolshevik (1993)

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Featured review

10/10

Kinetic, shocking, moving.

A group of Ukranian soldiers return from World War One to more fighting in the Communist Revolution.

This is an extraordinary, kinetic and moving piece of film making, full of metaphor and of great relevance for people throughout the world today. It isn't necessary to understand the complexities of the times to understand the rich emotional resonance. Particularly innovative is Dovzhenko's use of rhythm and inter-spliced scenes.

I was lucky enough to see a restored version of this at the Cambridge Film Festival 2003, with live musical accompaniment. Particularly memorable scenes are the undefeatable worker, the laughing gas, and the horse team rushing to take a fallen comrade to burial before returning to battle.