(Златые горы)

Content: Soviet "proletarian" film about anti-war strike at St Petersburg factory, 1914. Resembles Pudovkin's classic "End of St. Petersburg," made 4 years earlier: backward lad (Poslavsky) from poor village comes to town desperate for work. He's hired as replacement ("scab") worker at big metallurgical factory, which is in the throes of a strike organized by the Bolsheviks (communists). The Bolshevik strikers are led by Ivan Shtraukh (brother of the more famous Russian actor Maxim Shtraukh). At first, the deceitful industrialist's son (Fedosev) involves the naive Poslavsky in an attempt to murder Shtraukh, but the attempt only wounds the heroic organizer. Will Poslavsky follow through with the planned killing, or will he redeem himself by going over to the side of the strikers?

Countries:

Soviet Union

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

88 minutes

Year:

1931

Directors:

Sergei Yutkevich

Actors:

Pyotr, the country boy

Vasili, Bolshevik organizer

Industrialist Krutilov

Krutilov's son

Windy

Crews:

Director

Writer

Writer

Writer

Writer