Arsenal
feature film, 1929
DIRECTED BY: Aleksandr Dovženko
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