Arsenal

Arsenal

1929 · 83 min · RU · 6.8 (61 votes)
Dir. Alexander Dovzhenko · Starring Semyon Svashenko, Amvrosii Buchma, Dmytro Erdman, Sergey Petrov, Mykola Kuchynskyi, Mykola Nademskyi · Ukraine Trilogy
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A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists. The story of the suppression of the Bolshevik uprising at the Arsenal factory in Kyiv by the Central Council troops.

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A stark, unflinching look at the aftermath of war and revolution. The silent film format amplifies the disorientation and grim realities faced by soldiers returning home to a fractured world.

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