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The Man with the Gun

Original title: Chelovek s ruzhyom
  • 1938
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Boris Tenin in The Man with the Gun (1938)
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A propaganda comedy that tells the story of the Bolshevik revolution through the eyes of an ignorant and easy-going peasant who, as a soldier, gets caught up in the proceedings. He does mana... Read allA propaganda comedy that tells the story of the Bolshevik revolution through the eyes of an ignorant and easy-going peasant who, as a soldier, gets caught up in the proceedings. He does manage to make the Stalin and Lenin characters look like just a pair of good old boys when the... Read allA propaganda comedy that tells the story of the Bolshevik revolution through the eyes of an ignorant and easy-going peasant who, as a soldier, gets caught up in the proceedings. He does manage to make the Stalin and Lenin characters look like just a pair of good old boys when they laugh as he tells them he allowed a White general to escape because he was awed by the u... Read all

  • Director
    • Sergei Yutkevich
  • Writer
    • Nikolay Pogodin
  • Stars
    • Maksim Shtraukh
    • Mikheil Gelovani
    • Boris Tenin
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    167
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    • Director
      • Sergei Yutkevich
    • Writer
      • Nikolay Pogodin
    • Stars
      • Maksim Shtraukh
      • Mikheil Gelovani
      • Boris Tenin
    • 1Critic review
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    Maksim Shtraukh
    • V. I. Lenin
    Mikheil Gelovani
    Mikheil Gelovani
    • I. V. Stalin
    Boris Tenin
    Boris Tenin
    • Ivan Shadrin
    Vladimir Lukin
    Vladimir Lukin
    • Nikolai Chibisov
    Zoya Fyodorova
    Zoya Fyodorova
    • Katya
    Boris Chirkov
    Boris Chirkov
    • Yevtushenko
    Nikolay Cherkasov
    Nikolay Cherkasov
    • General
    Nikolai Sosnin
    • Sibirchev
    Serafima Birman
    Serafima Birman
    • Sibirchev's Wife
    Mark Bernes
    Mark Bernes
    • Kostya Zhigilev
    Stepan Kayukov
    Stepan Kayukov
    • Matros Dymov
    Dmitri Andreyev
    • Nikanor
    Pavel Sukhanov
    • Prisoner
    Konstantin Sorokin
    Konstantin Sorokin
    • Watchman
    Pyotr Aleynikov
    Pyotr Aleynikov
    • Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Aleksandr Chekayevskiy
    Aleksandr Chekayevskiy
    • Red Guardist in Lenin's bodyguard
    • (uncredited)
    Pavel Kadochnikov
    Pavel Kadochnikov
    • Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Nikolay Kryuchkov
    Nikolay Kryuchkov
    • Red Guard Sidorov
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Sergei Yutkevich
    • Writer
      • Nikolay Pogodin
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Stalin - as played by Mikheil Gelovani - increasingly disappeared from the film after his death in 1953. Between 1956 and 1961, a scene in Smolny was cut. When the film was restored in 1965, Stalin was completely cut out of it: the scene of eating potatoes of Lenin, Stalin, Dymov and Shadrin was shortened, in the final scene of the film Stalin was also retouched - with the result of Lenin delivering the speech standing on a podium alone. All references to Stalin in the film texts were also removed.
    • Quotes

      Ivan Shadrin: It's difficult to seize power without the habit

    • Connections
      Edited into A Hellish Chaos (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Tuchi nad gorodom vstali
      Lyrics by and Music by Pavel Armand (as P. Armand)

      Performed by Mark Bernes

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • The Man with the Rifle
    • Production company
      • Lenfilm Studio
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 28m(88 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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