From trailblazing Soviet director Alexander Dovzhenko’s comes the first film of his loose trilogy, Arsenal (1929).
Arsenal is the remarkable, action-packed film based on the real life events of the Ukrainian Civil War, and stars Semyon Svashenko in the lead role.
Set in the bleak aftermath and devastation of World War One, a recently demobbed soldier, Timosh, returns to his hometown Kiev, after having survived a train wreck. His arrival coincides with a national celebration of Ukrainian freedom, but the festivities are not to last as a disenchanted Timosh soon begins to clash with the city’s authorities when he starts to agitate for the adoption of the Soviet system.
Arsenal is an emotionally wrenching film.
Film: Arsenal
Release date: 14th February 2011
Certificate: 15
Running time: 87 mins
Director: Alexander Dovzhenko
Starring: Semyon Svashenko , Amvrosi Buchma, Georgi Khorkov, Dmitri Erdman, Sergey Petrov
Genre: Drama/War
Studio: Mr. Bongo
Format: DVD
Country: Soviet Union/Ukraine
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