The Great Citizen

★★★★★

Original title: Velikiy grazhdanin / Great Citizen

1938 · 1 h 54 min

Directed by Fridrikh Ermler

Drama

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Cast

Nikolai Bogolyubov Yuri Tolubeyev Vladimir Maretskaya

Credits

Written by: Mikhail Bleiman

Plot

A film based on the murder of Sergei Kirov, in which a Party leader in Leningrad fights the saboteurs.

Sinekatalog’s take

Fridrikh Ermler's two-part Stalinist drama is based on the murder of Kirov, in which a Party leader fights saboteurs in Leningrad. Technically accomplished but a vehicle for the purge-era line, it is a heavy, now chiefly historical film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 5.4 / 10 (129 votes)
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