The End of St. Petersburg
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The End of St. Petersburg 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 Pudovkin's most famous film
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
(1928).
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor who developed influential theories of montage...
and produced by Mezhrabpom. Commissioned to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
, The End of St Petersburg was to be Pudovkin's most famous film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and secured his place as one of the foremost Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
montage
Soviet montage theory
Soviet montage theory is an approach to understanding and creating cinema that relies heavily upon editing...
film directors.
The film forms part of Pudovkin's 'revolutionary trilogy', alongside Mother
Mother (1926 film)
Mother is a 1926 Soviet film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin depicting one woman's struggle against Tsarist rule during the Russian Revolution of 1905. The film is based on a novel of the same title by Maxim Gorky....
(1926) and Storm Over Asia
Storm Over Asia
Storm Over Asia is a 1928 Russian film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, written by Osip Brik, Ivan Novokshonov and starring Valéry Inkijinoff. It forms part of Pudovkin's "revolutionary trilogy", alongside Mother and The End of St...
(1928).