The End of St. Petersburg

1927 1h 14m RU

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6.7

SOLID

★6.7TMDB · 41

Drama

Synopsis

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Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Aleksandr Chistyakov
Worker
Vera Baranovskaya
Worker's wife
Ivan Chuvelyov
The Village Lad
Vladimir Obolenskiy
Lebedev, the manufacturer
Alexandr Gromov
The Bald Revolutionary
Sergei Komarov
District Police Chief
Maks Tereshkovich
Reporter
V. Chuvelyov
Village Lad's Friend among New Workers

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin
Writers: Natan Zarkhi
Languages: No Language
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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99 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, shot by Anatoli Golovnya. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

ERA

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Aleksandr Chistyakov and Vera Baranovskaya and Ivan Chuvelyov carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0018066 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Vsevolod Pudovkin directs. Anatoli Golovnya behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
299 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, shot by Anatoli Golovnya. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Aleksandr Chistyakov and Vera Baranovskaya and Ivan Chuvelyov carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0018066 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.