Arsenal
1929 · Movie · 93 min · ★ 6.7 · 78% critics
After surviving a train crash, a soldier returns to Kyiv and finds the city divided by violent political conflict. Set around an uprising at a factory, the story follows the turmoil as opposing forces battle for control.
Also known as The Arsenal - A Revolutionary Epic
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Details
- Original title
- Арсенал
- Years
- 1929
- Release date
- 1929-02-25
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (59 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to early revolutionary war dramas and stories of political upheaval like Battleship Potemkin or Strike; Not for you if you want light entertainment or a character-first story.
Pros: strong historical stakes; intense political conflict; war-torn setting | Cons: grim subject matter; heavy political focus; sparse personal detail
Themes
- uniform
- world war i
- laughing gas
- russian soldier
- post world war i
- soldier
- homecoming
- russian revolution (1917)
- russian army
- bolshevik
- train wreck
Awards & recognition
- 100 best films in the history of Ukrainian cinema
Cast & crew
Semen Svashenko
as Tymish
Amvrosii Buchma
as a German soldier
- DE
Dmytro Erdman
as a German officer
Serhii Petrov
as a German officer
Mykola Kuchynskyi
as Petliura
Mykola Nademskyi
as a nationalist with a lamp
- BZ
Borys Zahorskyi
as dead German soldier
Osyp Merlatti
as Mykhailo Sadovskyi
- HK
Heorhii Khorkov
as a Red Army soldier
- AM
Andrii Mykhailovskyi
as nationalist
Directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko