A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists. The story of the suppression of the Bolshevik uprising at the Arsenal factory in Kyiv by the Central Council troops.
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Part of Ukraine Trilogy
3 films
Cast
15 people
Semyon Svashenko
Tymish
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By the Bluest of Seas
Ballad of a Soldier
Amvrosii Buchma
a German soldier
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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Dmytro Erdman
a German officer
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P.K.P.
Ostap Bandura
Sergey Petrov
a German officer
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Sailors
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Mykola Kuchynskyi
Petliura
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P.K.P.
Tamilla
Mykola Nademskyi
a nationalist with a lamp
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Ivan
Benya Krik
Borys Zahorskyi
dead German soldier
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The Diplomatic Pouch
Suburban Districts
Osyp Merlatti
Mykhailo Sadovskyi
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Benya Krik
The Diplomatic Pouch
Heorhii Khorkov
a Red Army soldier
Also in
The Dam Is Broken
Andrii Mykhailovskyi
nationalist
No other roles listed
Oleksandr Yevdakov
Nicholas II
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Ninth of January
Petro Masokha
workman
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Guerrilla Brigade
The Thirteen
Alexander Dovzhenko Director · Danylo Demutsky Cinematographer Yosyp Shpinel Production designer
United States release November 9, 1929 · Produced in Russia, Ukraine · Original title Арсенал
Production
VUFKU
Production
Russia · Ukraine
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Арсенал
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · February 25, 1929
Theatrical
United States · November 9, 1929
Theatrical
France
October 18, 2006 · Physical · DVD (Bach Films)
November 23, 2017 · TV
Netherlands
October 4, 2012 · Physical · DVD
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