Taras's Dream (1919)
Propaganda movie. Contrasting the cruel orders of the tsarist army with the conditions of service in the Red Army. Taras, a Red Army soldier, accidentally finds a bottle of moonshine. Being tempted, he gets drunk and falls asleep. In his dream Taras sees himself as a soldier of the tsar's army. Having left his post arbitrarily, he finds himself in the apartment of a frivolous girl and here he meets a general.
Director: Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky
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V. Ryabtsov as Taras |
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I. Shevchenko as Red general |
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Dmitry Gundurov as The general |
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Anatoli Nelidov as The sergeant major |
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L. Danilov as The non-com officer |
| Directing | Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky | Director |
| Camera | Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Lev Kuleshov | Editor |
| Art | Sergei Kozlovsky | Production Design |
| Writing | Moisey Aleynikov | Writer |