OKRAINA

by Boris Barnet (Okraïna, URSS, 1933, 1h33, vostf)

starring Alexandre Tchistiakov, Sergueï Komarov, Elena Kouzmina

A small Russian town is aroused from its torpor upon the announcement of the declaration of the First World War. Conscripts and volunteers leave for the front. Rear of the battle front, a German prisoner is employed by the local shoemaker. But the spirit of revolution is spreading. The soldiers mutiny and start to fraternize...