The History of the Civil War (1921)
The epic story of the Russian Civil War (1918-21): the White Terror, the counterrevolutionary uprisings, the guerrilla war, the Kolchak front, the Wrangel front and the Kronstadt rebellion. Chaos and violence, devastation and death.
Director: Dziga Vertov
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Leon Trotsky as Self - Soviet Politician |
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Nicolai Kazadanov as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Konstantin Mekhonoshin as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Innocenti Kozhevnikov as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Fyodor Raskolnikov as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Filipp Mironov as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Ian Poluian as Self - Soviet Politician |
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Konstantin Bulatkin as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Ivar Smilga as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Nestor Makhno as Self - Black Army Commander |
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Sergei Zakharov as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Vasily Chapayev as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Grigory Zinoviev as Self - Soviet Politician |
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Alexander Kolchak as Self - White Army Commander |
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Sergei Kirov as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Kliment Voroshilov as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Semyon Budyonny as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Mikhail Kalinin as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Mikhail Tukhachevsky as Self - Soviet Officer |
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Grigory Petrovsky as Self - Soviet Politician |
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Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze as Self - Soviet Officer |
| Directing | Dziga Vertov | Director |
| Editing | Nikolai Izvolov | Archival Footage Coordinator |
| Writing | Dziga Vertov | Original Film Writer |
| Production | Nikolai Izvolov | Producer |
| Writing | Nikolai Izvolov | Other |
| Directing | Nikolai Izvolov | Other |