The Man with the Gun
A propaganda comedy that tells the story of the Bolshevik revolution through the eyes of an ignorant and easy-going peasant who, as a soldier, gets caught up in the proceedings. He does manage to make…
The Man with the Gun
A propaganda comedy that tells the story of the Bolshevik revolution through the eyes of an ignorant and easy-going peasant who, as a soldier, gets caught up in the proceedings. He does manage to make the Stalin and Lenin characters look like just a pair of good old boys when they laugh as he tells them he allowed a White general to escape because he was awed by the uniform. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> The events take place in 1917 during the October Revolution. The situation at the front is difficult, General Krasnov's troops are approaching the capital. Former peasant and now soldier Ivan Shadrin is sent from the front to revolutionary Petrograd with a letter and questions from his comrades in arms. The central scene in the film is the meeting of Shadrin and Lenin. A soldier with a rifle and a kettle unsuccessfully walks around Smolny in search of boiling water. He accidentally bumps into Lenin, who devotes time to him, shows great concern for his needs and answers all his questions. After this, the soldier returns to the front. —Denis Kuznetsov <denis.kyznecov@gmail.com>
The Man with the Gun
Drama,History,War
Film Details
A propaganda comedy that tells the story of the Bolshevik revolution through the eyes of an ignorant and easy-going peasant who, as a soldier, gets caught up in the proceedings. He does manage to make the Stalin and Lenin characters look like just a pair of good old boys when they laugh as he tells them he allowed a White general to escape because he was awed by the uniform. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> The events take place in 1917 during the October Revolution.
The situation at the front is difficult, General Krasnov's troops are approaching the capital. Former peasant and now soldier Ivan Shadrin is sent from the front to revolutionary Petrograd with a letter and questions from his comrades in arms. The central scene in the film is the meeting of Shadrin and Lenin.
A soldier with a rifle and a kettle unsuccessfully walks around Smolny in search of boiling water. He accidentally bumps into Lenin, who devotes time to him, shows great concern for his needs and answers all his questions. After this, the soldier returns to the front.
—Denis Kuznetsov <denis.kyznecov@gmail.com>.