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Outskirts
Poster
Directed byBoris Barnet
Written byBoris Barnet
Konstantin Finn
StarringAleksandr Chistyakov
Sergei Komarov
Yelena Kuzmina
Nikolay Bogolyubov
Nikolai Kryuchkov
Hans Klering
Mikhail Zharov
Vladimir Uralsky
CinematographyMikhail Kirillov
A. Spiridonov
Music bySergei Vasilenko
Production
company
Release date
  • 25 March 1933 (1933-03-25) (Soviet Union)
Running time
98 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguagesRussian
German
Full film

Outskirts (Russian: Окра́ина, meaning "fringe" or "periphery"), also known in English as The Patriots or by the transliterated Russian title Okraina, is a 1933 Soviet film directed by Boris Barnet.[1][2][3]

Plot summary

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In a small town in a remote part of the Russian Empire, factory workers struggle to organize against the owners. When World War I comes, they unite as soldiers of the Tsar on the Eastern Front. Local girl Anka forges a relationship with a German POW. The film criticises war profiteers, and encourages workers to reach out to one another across national lines. In 1917, the Tsar is forced to abdicate following the February Revolution.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 507. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 290.
  3. ^ "A Russian War Picture". The New York Times. 16 March 2023.
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