Drama ·War · Soviet Union · 1929 · 1h 33m

Arsenal

Арсенал

Arsenal poster
Director
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Cast
Semen Svashenko as Tymish Amvrosii Buchma as a German soldier Dmytro Erdman as a German officer Serhii Petrov as a German officer Mykola Kuchynskyi as Petliura Mykola Nademskyi as a nationalist with a lamp
Crew
Danylo Demutsky — Director of Photography Oleksandr Dovzhenko — Writer Oleksandr Dovzhenko — Producer Vladimir Miuller — Production Design Yosyp Shpinel — Production Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
uniformworld war ilaughing gasrussian soldierpost world war isoldierhomecomingrussian revolution (1917)russian armybolsheviktrain wreck
Key Collaborators
Oleksandr Dovzhenko Director Danylo Demutsky Director of Photography Oleksandr Dovzhenko Writer Oleksandr Dovzhenko Producer Vladimir Miuller Production Design Yosyp Shpinel Production Design
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