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1921 · 94 mins
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Directed by
Dziga Vertov
Starring
Leon Trotsky, Alexander Kolchak, Sergei Zakharov, Vasily Chapayev, Kliment Voroshilov, Mikhail Kalinin

A lost work by a legendary director, this epic film dramatizes the Russian Civil War of 1918‑21, portraying the White Terror, counter‑revolutionary uprisings, guerrilla fighting, and the brutal campaigns on the Kolchak and Wrangel fronts, as well as the Kronstadt rebellion. It conveys the chaos, violence, devastation and death that marked the era.

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