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Arsenal

Arsenal

19296.71h 33m

Overview

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.

Directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Written by Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Produced by Oleksandr Dovzhenko
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Top Cast

Semen Svashenko

Semen Svashenko

Tymish

Amvrosii Buchma

Amvrosii Buchma

a German soldier

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Dmytro Erdman

a German officer

Serhii Petrov

Serhii Petrov

a German officer

Mykola Kuchynskyi

Mykola Kuchynskyi

Petliura

Mykola Nademskyi

Mykola Nademskyi

a nationalist with a lamp

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Borys Zahorskyi

dead German soldier

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Osyp Merlatti

Mykhailo Sadovskyi

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Heorhii Khorkov

a Red Army soldier

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Andrii Mykhailovskyi

nationalist

Themes & Keywords

uniformworld war ilaughing gasrussian soldierpost world war isoldierhomecomingrussian revolution (1917)russian armybolsheviktrain wreck

About Arsenal

Arsenal is a drama, war film released in 1929 exploring themes of uniform, world war i, laughing gas, russian soldier, post world war i, soldier. Directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, it stars Semen Svashenko, Amvrosii Buchma, Dmytro Erdman. 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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