Historical drama. An epic about the service for the benefit of the Soviet state and its people by the most prominent Bolshevik, the creator and first chairman of the Cheka Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, filmed in 1953, but alas, it reached the audience with cut-out moments only in 1956. The original version has not been preserved, so we have only a truncated version from 1956. What can I say, we've been wanting to see this picture for a long time, and we did, and for good reason, because we were more than satisfied with the result. And here's a brief opinion - An excellent biographical Soviet film. We will talk about some of the comments in a separate paragraph, but for now we will focus your attention on the obvious advantages of this wonderful painting.
So, here they are:
1. The scenario - the picture, which has another name "Felix Dzerzhinsky", shows the difficult service of Comrade Dzerzhinsky in the most responsible positions in the Soviet government starting in the summer of 1918 and ending around the middle of the twenties. From the civil war and the restoration of the national economy to the beginning of the industrialization of the country and the struggle against the opposition within the RCPb. We will see a brave, determined Bolshevik who is not afraid to go up against a clearly superior opponent, can convince unstable masses of their mistakes, guide them to the right path, deftly expose a pest, a spy, and finally take care of the people around him as much as possible in his power. We will see an indomitable revolutionary who passed through tsarist prisons and exile. Knight of the Revolution. At the same time, nothing human is alien to him. The Bolshevik Party set difficult tasks for him every time, which he successfully carried out. The fight against the left Socialist Revolutionaries, the fight against counterrevolution and foreign spies, the protection of the party leadership and important facilities, the restoration of the national economy after the devastation of the civil and imperialist wars, the establishment of railway transport, the fight against homelessness and much more. At the same time, Felix Edmundovich was not a physically healthy person already in 1918 (prisons and exile do not add to health), he had a sick heart, but Felix Edmundovich's energy was so strong that he had the strength to be in the ranks at the right time for the country and the party, namely from 1917 to 1926, when His heart stopped beating. The script, though cursory, runs through the main points of Dzerzhinsky's service, the Left Socialist-Revolutionary uprising of 1918 is especially well shown. And the rest also looks interesting. The finale is filled with hope for the best, faith in the triumph of justice and that communism will win. For this alone, the painting earned the highest praise.
2. Atmosphere - the creators managed to immerse the viewer in that era, both with the help of costumes and decorations, and with the help of excellent music by Dmitry Kabalevsky. And this is not surprising, because the creators caught that time and could talk to the participants of those historical events, and after that they embodied them well on the screen. Of course, we personally missed the excellent performance of the famous revolutionary song "Hostile Whirlwinds", after which the picture got its name. It certainly sounds, but almost in passing.
3. The ideological message is true, it is true. It is a pity that this message was not heeded by those who began to lead the country after March 5, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. It seems to us that the final scene of this painting was intended for them (but the censors in 1956 only cut out Stalin without paying attention to it). Only communism will save Russia and the whole world, only communism can give people everything for a decent life in the world, but the irreparable happened, traitors and opportunists who got to power distorted the words of Lenin, Stalin, Marx, Engels, betrayed their bright ideals and the work of a lifetime, betrayed the work of millions of Soviet people, and now we still We are reaping the fruits of this betrayal.
Now about some remarks. For example, in reality Felix Edmundovich was arrested almost immediately after the murder of the German Ambassador Mirbach, and only after finding out that he was not involved was he released and allowed to put down the Left Socialist-Revolutionary rebellion. Dzerzhinsky did not personally go to the anarchists and did not arrest their leaders with the help of saguited rank-and-file fighters, this scene was invented for the picture solely to reveal the character. And the restoration of the national economy of a huge country was not as smooth as shown in the picture. But all this can be forgiven for the painting, because artistically it was a great success. Although it is sad that the scenes with Stalin were cut out, and the original painting was lost.
Well, the acting is great, which is only worth Vladimir Yemelyanov as Dzerzhinsky, Georgy Yumatov as the leader of the street kids, Alla Larionova and Vera Ivolgina, and of course scoundrels of all stripes performed by other colorful Soviet actors.
It's a pity that such a movie is not shown on TV, but it makes you think about a lot.
Our rating will be 10 out of 10 and recommended for viewing!
