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The History of the Civil War (1921) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 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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