The History of the Civil War
“The lost film of the legendary film director”
1921•1h 34m•4.3•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Dziga Vertov
Languages
No Language
Studio
Narkompros
Cast
Leon Trotsky
Self - Soviet Politician
Nicolai Kazadanov
Self - Soviet Officer
Konstantin Mekhonoshin
Self - Soviet Officer
Innocenti Kozhevnikov
Self - Soviet Officer
Fyodor Raskolnikov
Self - Soviet Officer
Filipp Mironov
Self - Soviet Officer
Ian Poluian
Self - Soviet Politician
Konstantin Bulatkin
Self - Soviet Officer
Ivar Smilga
Self - Soviet Officer
Nestor Makhno
Self - Black Army Commander
Sergei Zakharov
Self - Soviet Officer
Vasily Chapayev
Self - Soviet Officer
Grigory Zinoviev
Self - Soviet Politician
Alexander Kolchak
Self - White Army Commander
Sergei Kirov
Self - Soviet Officer
Production
Company
Narkompros
Producer
Nikolai Izvolov
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