Outskirts (1933 film)

Outskirts
Poster
Directed by	Boris Barnet
Written by	Boris Barnet
Starring	Sergei Komarov Yelena Kuzmina Nikolay Bogolyubov Nikolai Kryuchkov Hans Klering Mikhail Zharov Vladimir Uralsky
Cinematography	A. Spiridonov
Music by	Sergei Vasilenko
Production company	Mezhrabpomfilm
Release date	25 March 1933 (1933-03-25) (Soviet Union)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Languages	Russian German

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]

Plot summary[]

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[]

• Sergey Komarov — Alexander P. Greshin
• Elena Kuzmina — Anka Greshina
• Robert Erdmann — Robert Karlovich, tenant
• Alexander Chistyakov — Pyotr Kadkin
• Nikolay Bogolyubov — Nikolai Kadkin
• Nikolai Kryuchkov — Senka Kadkin
• Mikhail Zharov — Kraevich
• Hans Klering — Mueller, a German prisoner of war
• Alexander Zhukov — policeman
• Vladimir Ural — Cabby
• Andrew Veit — a German prisoner
• Mikhail Yanshin — soldier

References[]

External links[]

• The Patriots at IMDb
• Outskirts at AllMovie

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