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The End of St. Petersburg (Russian: Конец Санкт-Петербурга, translit. Konets Sankt-Peterburga) is a 1927 silent film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and produced by Mezhrabpom. Commissioned to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution, The End of St Petersburg was to be one of Pudovkin's most famous films and secured his place as one of the foremost Soviet montage film directors.
The film forms part of Pudovkin's 'revolutionary trilogy', alongside Mother (1926) and Storm Over Asia (aka The Heir to Genghis Khan) (1928).
The End of St. Petersburg is a political film, explaining why and how the Bolsheviks came to power in 1917. The film covers the period from about 1913 to 1917. The film does not show the political figures of the time; the emphasis is on the struggle of ordinary people for their rights and for peace against the power of capital and the autocracy.
The film inspired the composer Vernon Duke to write his eponymous oratorio (completed in 1937).
Original Release
12/13/1927
US Release
05/30/1928
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Aleksandr Chistyakov | A worker / Rabočij |
Vera Baranovskaya | Žena |
Ivan Chuvelyov | The Village Lad / Peasant boy |
Vladimir Obolensky | Lebedev / Lebedev, The Manufacturer |
Sergey Komarov | District Police Chief / His employer |
Viktor Tsoppi | Anti-German Patriot with Top Hat / Patriot |
Aleksei Davor | |
Vladimir Fogel | German Officer |
Aleksandr Gromov | The Bald Revolutionary / Revolutionary |
Nikolay Khmelyov | Stock Broker |
Directors
Vsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail Doller
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Aleksandr Chistyakov | A worker / Rabočij |
Vera Baranovskaya | Žena |
Ivan Chuvelyov | The Village Lad / Peasant boy |
Vladimir Obolensky | Lebedev / Lebedev, The Manufacturer |
Sergey Komarov | District Police Chief / His employer |
Viktor Tsoppi | Anti-German Patriot with Top Hat / Patriot |
Aleksei Davor | |
Vladimir Fogel | German Officer |
Aleksandr Gromov | The Bald Revolutionary / Revolutionary |
Nikolay Khmelyov | Stock Broker |
Max Tereshkovich | Reporter |
Mark Tsibulsky | Stock Broker |
Anna Zemtsova | |
Vsevolod Pudovkin | German Officer |
Iván Amozurrutia | Officer-Agitator |