Arsenal

feature film, 1929

DIRECTED BY: Aleksandr Dovženko

Arsenal

CAST:
Semjon Svašenko (Timoš,
Ukrajinac),
Georgi Horkov (vojnik Crvene armije),
Dmitrij Erdman (njemački časnik),
Sergej Petrov (njemački vojnik)

SCRIPT:
Aleksandar Dovženko

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Danjil Demutskij

Synopsis:
In this film Dovzhenko portrays how WW I and the Russian Revolution influenced his Ukrainian fellow-countrymen. Timoš, a recently demobilized soldier, is returning home after having survived a train accident. He arrives home at the time of celebration of Ukrainian freedom, but instead of celebrating he starts to question the local authorities. Soon, the situation gets complicated in his former work place - Arsenal, the Kiev ammunition factory.

b/w, silent, 90 min