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Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World

Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World

19824.22h 19m

Overview

The second part of Soviet filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk's epic biography of John Reed. It is October 1917 and the American journalist has found himself and his wife, Louise Bryant, in Petrograd on the eve of the Bolshevik revolution.

Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk
Written by Antonio Saguera, Sergey Bondarchuk, John Reed
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Top Cast

Franco Nero

Franco Nero

John Reed

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Anatoly Ustyzhaninov

Vladimir Lenin

Sydne Rome

Sydne Rome

Louise Bryant

Bohdan Stupka

Bohdan Stupka

Alexander Kerensky

Valeriy Barinov

Valeriy Barinov

Nikolai Podvoisky

Irina Skobtseva

Irina Skobtseva

Countess Panina

Olegar Fedoro

Olegar Fedoro

Colonel Polkovnikov

Boris Belyakov

Boris Belyakov

Nikitin

Liliya Gurova

Liliya Gurova

conductor

Nikolai Boyarsky

Nikolai Boyarsky

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About Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World

Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World is a drama, history, western film released in 1982. Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk, it stars Franco Nero, Anatoly Ustyzhaninov, Sydne Rome. The second part of Soviet filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk's epic biography of John Reed. It is October 1917 and the American journalist has found himself and his wife, Louise Bryant, in Petrograd on the eve of the Bolshevik revolution.

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