In accordance with the data protection act of 1978 january 6th act amended in 2004, on information technology, data files and civil liberties, users have the right to access and rectify information, as well as the right to oppose the use of this data, by sending a letter. Petersburg are two silent films made in the soviet union in 1927 and 1930, respectively. Petersburg are two silent films made in the soviet union in 1927 and 1930. Petersburg konets sanktpeterburga 1927 ussr 80 mins prod co. Commissioned to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the october revolution, the end of st petersburg was to be pudovkins most famous film and. Commissioned to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the october revolution, the end of st petersburg was to be one. The personal data collected above is used to enable us to send you our newsletter and to compile a client database for mk2. With aleksandr chistyakov, vera baranovskaya, ivan chuvelyov, v. The man is enlisted to fight in wwi, and ultimately returns to russia in time to join the revolution. This pudovkin classic and eisensteins october were both commissioned to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 1917 revolution. Unbeknownst to him, he aids the arrest of an old friend, who now also works in the city. Petersburg 1927, aka konets sanktpeterburga, directed by vsevolod pudovkin, featuring vera baranovskaya, aleksandr chistyakov, ivan chuvelyov the end of st. Petersburg is a 1927 silent film directed by vsevolod pudovkin and produced by mezhrabpom. Commissioned to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the october revolution, the end of st petersburg was to be pudovkins most famous film and secured his place as one of the foremost soviet montage film directors.
Often viewed in comparison to the groundbreaking russian ark 2002 for its use of the onesequence steadicam technique, the 90minute film portrays an amble through the blistering summer streets of st. The following weapons were used in the film the end of st. Petersburg is the ninth in a monthly film series running through november 2017 to commemorate and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the february and october 1917. Filmed to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 1917 russian revolution, end of st. Pudovkin was another great soviet film maker who created this masterpiece about a peasant boy who comes to st. It is much easier to watch than on 16mm in film classes from way back when. The unemployed peasant is also arrested and sent to fight in world war i. After three years, he returns ready for revolution. Petersburg benefits from a more personal focus on how the individual is drawn into action. Like eisenstein, though, pudovkin knew how to film battle scenes, with several set pieces so powerful and realistic they were used in later documentaries on the. Petersburg is a film directed by vsevolod pudovkin with vera baranovskaya, aleksandr chistyakov, ivan chuvelyov, sergei komarov. Curse the capitalist dogs, the neokerenskies, who turned back lenins city into st. The end of st petersburg chichester cinema at new park.
The film deals with a russian peasant who moves to the city and engages in union work in the revolutionaryworld war i period. Commissioned to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the october revolution, the end of st petersburg was to be one of pudovkins most famous films and secured his place as one of the foremost soviet montage film directors. Intended for a theatrical release to coincide with the soviet unions 10th anniversary celebrations of the 1917 october revolution, russian cinematic master and extraordinaire vsevolod pudovkins second feature film the end of st. Konets sanktpeterburga is a 1927 silent film directed by vsevolod pudovkin and produced by mezhrabpom. Petersburg was written for the tenth anniversary of the 1917 revolution. The two movies work very well as companions for one another, since eisenstein concentrated on the major historical events of the revolution, while the end of st. Petersburg, 1927, which, like eisensteins october, was commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the bolshevik revolution, and potomok chingiskhana the heir to genghis khan, or storm over asia, 1928, which is set in central asia during the russian civil war. Assigned to make a film commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 1917 revolution, vsevolod pudovkin crafted an intensely dramatic and personal dramatization of those earthshaking events. Petersburg to find work, but instead he unwittingly helps in the arrest of an old village friend who is now a labor leader. He unwittingly helps in the arrest of an old village friend who is now a labor leader. Petersburg, 1927, which, like eisensteins october, was commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the bolshevik revolution, and potomok chingiskhana the heir to genghis khan, or storm over asia, 1928, which is set. Gala screening of the end of st petersburg kino klassika. For the tenth anniversary of the revolution, vsevolod pudovkin fashioned a drama that outlines the fall of tsarist russia by following the fortunes.
Pages in category films set in saint petersburg the following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. The film does not show the political figures of the time. Petersburg was planned to grace the 10th anniversary of the revolution. A great portraitcrosssection, starting with a young. Impressively, most of the action is filmed in realtime and focuses on a humorously romantic stroll of a young girl and two. The 1917 bolshevik revolution was a direct outcome of russias disastrous participation in world war i. Feb 21, 2018 while october offers a more sweeping, collectivist account of the period, the end of st. Petersburg is the ninth in a monthly film series running through november 2017 to commemorate and celebrate. Petersburg and the architecture of the city, stopping to admire the grandeur of the winter palace and the hermitage. In the end, the film is a boots level narrative about a naive youth who is forced to seek work in the city. Pudovkin wanted it to cover the two centuries of the citys history. Pudovkins film adheres to the formalistic conventions of soviet cinema, particularly the use of montage. In the 1970s and on into the 1980s, the communist system was still active and large. Petersburg 1927, aka konets sankt peterburga, directed by vsevolod pudovkin, featuring vera baranovskaya.
The end of st petersburg opens with a naive young peasant boy ivan chuvelev, image left living a handtomouth existence with his family in a poor russian village. Petersburg jan, 2005 fontcentury gothiccolorredearth and the end of st. Elliot, a 25yearold british boy, discovers that he has a secret halfbrother, fyodor in saint petersburg. Regarded as the first western film entirely made in postsoviet russia, bernard roses anna karenina is a glitzy adaptation of one of leo tolstoys most celebrated novels. When the boys mother gives birth to a baby girl, another mouth to feed, it is decide that the boy will have to go to the city to find work and help provide for the family. Konets sanktpeterburga is the 1927 soviet silent movie, directed by vsevolod pudovkin and mikhail doller. Petersburg looks at the era through a story involving some everyday characters. Alexander christiakov, vera baranovskaya, ivan chuvelev, v.
Images new disc is an excellent introduction to legendary soviet filmmaker vsevolod pudovkin, and to russian cinema in general. Petersburg 1927 was to have originally encompassed a significantly more epic scale than realised in the films final cut, covering a two hundred year period. In the end, the film is a boots level narrative about a naive youth who is forced to seek work in the. Petersburg is a political film, explaining why and how the bolsheviks came to power in 1917. Gromov, vsevolod pudovkin of all the arts, for us cinema is the most important. Russian peasant unwittingly becomes a scab, putting him at odds with a relative leading the strike. And yet, when viewed as an example of pudovkins technical ability and vision, the end of st petersburg is frequently breathtaking. The film takes audiences on an aweinspiring journey through the streets of st. Petersburg explained where this empire had come from. Petersburgkonets sanktpeterburga 1927 ussr 80 mins. With terry sweeney, nadezhda tolubeeva, konstantin malyshev, leonid mozgovoy. Commissioned to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the october revolution, the end of st petersburg was to be pudovkins most famous film and secured his place as one of the foremost soviet montage. Petersberg is the second instalment in pudovkins revolutionary trilogy.
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