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September 27

Missing backstory in Anton: A Young Boy, His Friend and the Russian Revolution

I watched Anton (2019 film), Zaza Urushadze's last film, based on Canadian Dale Eisler's book Anton: A Young Boy, His Friend and the Russian Revolution. In one of the last scenes, the Catholic priest Fridrikh faces Trotsky and reminds him of the time when they first met. I have no idea what they were talking about and I blamed the film copy I was watching, but in this review (www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-anton-thats-what-friends-are-for):

has the personal vendetta against Trotsky, but unless I missed it, audiences will never know why.

so I am not the only one. Strangely, the credits have "Georgii Vechkanov ... Fridrikh in youth" and this image (www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w533_and_h300_bestv2/lgJvRHsPKxxaKYy1u8KPtkjujh8.jpg) that I don't remember seeing in the film features a bespectacled character that could be a young Trotsky. So my question is: What is the grudge between Fridrikh and Trotsky? Does it appear in the novel? Was it shot and later cut from edition? Why? I thought it could be because the director died after the film, but it seems that he managed to watch his film finished. --Error (talk) 20:50, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It could be interesting to find out how many editors here have seen films that, on Wikipedia, are only redlinks. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:06, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Having read the novel is probably enough.--Error (talk) 21:32, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

And the novel is likewise redlinked. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:55, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See Film adaptation. The film audience will never know up to 90% of the content of the original novel. Some of it will be implied but there will inevitably be plot holes and backstory events that must be left to the viewer's imagination.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:08, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Still, the fact that a separate actor portrays young Fridrikh means the film has an – apparently inconspicuous – scene that may explain the allusion. --Lambiam 20:27, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]