The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
Synopsis
The End of St. Petersburg is a 1927 silent drama film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and produced by Mezhrabpom. Commissioned to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution, The End of St Petersburg was to be one of Pudovkin's most famous films and secured his place as one of the foremost Soviet montage film directors. A historical-political film, it covers a period from 1913-1917, including the injustice of the Tsar regime, the First World War, and the Bolsheviks's rise to power in 1917.
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