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RUSSIA · 1921

The History of the Civil War

Dziga Vertov
Soviet Poetic Cinema Russian Civil War political violence counterrevolution military conflict social upheaval
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Synopsis

The epic story of the Russian Civil War (1918-21): the White Terror, the counterrevolutionary uprisings, the guerrilla war, the Kolchak front, the Wrangel front and the Kronstadt rebellion. Chaos and violence, devastation and death.

Year1921
CountryRussia
DirectorDziga Vertov
MovementSoviet Poetic Cinema
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