Outskirts

Outskirts

1933 · 98 min · RU · 6.7 (23 votes)
Dir. Boris Barnet · Starring Aleksandr Chistyakov, Yelena Kuzmina, Nikolai Bogolyubov, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Hans Klering, Vladimir Uralskiy · Music Sergei Vasilenko
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Outskirts is an internationally renowned masterpiece of early sound cinema. In a remote Russian village during World War I, colorful and nuanced characters experience divided loyalties: family loyalty vs. personal desire, nationalism vs. transcendent humanism.

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A poignant, character-driven drama set against the backdrop of WWI. It explores the quiet devastation of war on a remote village, focusing on divided loyalties and the enduring human spirit amidst hardship. A deeply affecting, somber experience.

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