General Information

Original Title

Velikoe zarevo

Author/Creator

Chiaureli, Mikhail, director.

Language

Russian.

Published

Soviet Union : Tbilisskaia Kinostudiia, 1938.

Physical Description

VHS (82 min.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

Russia, 1917. The film starts in the last months of World War I. Russian soldiers are against the war, the number of Bolshevik sympathizers grows. In Petrograd Lenin and Stalin prepare the revolution. The opposition tries to hinder their activities, but in vain. Lenin hides from the prosecutors with Stalin's help. Alongside historical figures the film features a fictional love story between a Russian girl and a Georgian revolutionary. The film 'rewrites' the history of the revolution to emphasize the role of Stalin.

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation

The Great Glow

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
VHS	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0193	Available	-	-