Arsenal (1929)

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Audience Score
67
Arsenal
StarringSemen SvashenkoAmvrosii BuchmaDmytro Erdman
DirectorOleksandr Dovzhenko
WriterOleksandr Dovzhenko
NR 1 hr 33 minNov 9th, 1929Drama, WarUkraine Trilogy PosterPart of Ukraine Trilogy
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Plot
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.

Ukraine Trilogy Movies

Alexander Dovzhenko's "Ukraine Trilogy" (Zvenigora, Arsenal, and Earth), although underappreciated by some contemporary Soviet critics (who found some of its realism counter-revolutionary), is his most well-known work in the West.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 9th, 1929
Original Language:Russian
Production Companies:VUFKU
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