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The Decembrists (film)

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The Decembrists
Directed byAleksandr Ivanovsky
Written by
CinematographyIvan Frolov
Production
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Release date
  • 8 February 1927 (1927-02-08)
CountrySoviet Union
Languages

The Decembrists (Russian: Декабристы, romanizedDekabristy) is a 1927 Soviet silent historical drama film directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky.[1][2]

Plot

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The film recreates the history of the movement of the Decembrists: an outbreak of peasant revolts, organization of nobility circles and the actual uprising; against the background of these events unfolds the romantic love story of the Decembrist Ivan Annenkov and French milliner Pauline Gueble.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Christie & Taylor p.428
  2. ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 225.

Bibliography

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  • Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.
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