Arsenal
Drama, War
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1929
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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.
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Runtime:
83 min
Release date:
25 Feb 1929
Country:
SU
Languages:
xx
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Although one is impelled to be in thorough sympathy with its argument against war, one cannot but help feeling that one-fourth of the footage of this production would be ample for one sitting.
– Mordaunt Hall,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
More clearly influenced by Sergei Eisenstein than any of Dovzhenko's other pictures, it's certainly the one that uses fast editing in the most exciting fashion.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
13 Mar 2003
fresh:
Represents the summit of Soviet cinema and remains one of the most poetic and visually beautiful of all Russian films.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jun 2002