Golden Mountains

5.5
19311h 28m

Soviet "proletarian" film about anti-war strike at St Petersburg factory, 1914. Resembles Pudovkin's classic "End of St. Petersburg," made 4 years earlier: backward lad (Poslavsky) from poor village comes to town desperate for work. He's hired as replacement ("scab") worker at big metallurgical factory, which is in the throes of a strike organized by the Bolsheviks (communists). The Bolshevik strikers are led by Ivan Shtraukh (brother of the more famous Russian actor Maxim Shtraukh). At first, the deceitful industrialist's son (Fedosev) involves the naive Poslavsky in an attempt to murder Shtraukh, but the attempt only wounds the heroic organizer. Will Poslavsky follow through with the planned killing, or will he redeem himself by going over to the side of the strikers?

Cast

Photo of Boris Poslavsky

Boris Poslavsky

Pyotr, the country boy

Photo of Ivan Shtraukh

Ivan Shtraukh

Vasili, Bolshevik organizer

Photo of Boris Feodosyev

Boris Feodosyev

Krutilov's son

Photo of Nikolai Michurin

Nikolai Michurin

Nikolay Ivanovich

Photo of Nikoloz Shengelaia

Nikoloz Shengelaia

One from Baku

Photo of Yevgeniya Pyryalova

Yevgeniya Pyryalova

Young lady at the factory gate

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