Deserter

★★★★★

Original title: Dezertir

1933 · 1 h 45 min

Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin

Drama

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Cast

Boris Livanov Vasili Kovrigin

Credits

Written by: Nina Agadzhanova

Plot

His first sound film, about a German worker who flees to the Soviet Union.

Sinekatalog’s take

Vsevolod Pudovkin's first sound film follows a German worker who flees to the Soviet Union after a failed strike. Experimental in its use of sound and montage, it is a bold, ideological but uneven work.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (333 votes)
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