Forgotten Soviet epic: one man's revolution from 1905 to the grave.
About the life and work of the professional revolutionary Bolshevik F.A. Sergeev (1883-1921), known under the pseudonym Artyom. The film takes place in the period from 1905 to 1921 in Kharkov.
Production
Period detail in early 20th-century Kharkov reconstruction.
Acting
Ivan Matskevich's granite-jawed revolutionary intensity.
Director
Nikolay Koshelev
Ivan Matskevich
Артем
Larisa Luzhina
Александра
Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev
Руднев
Valentin Kulik
заводчик
Garri Bardin
участник митинга
Aleksei Safonov
Авилов
Oleg Vidov
Холмянский
Geliy Sysoev
Каретников
Mikhail Pogorzhelsky
генерал-губернатор
Georgiy Drozd
Стаховский
Evgeny Danchevsky
Владимиров
Volodymyr Volkov
Самойленко
Givi Tokhadze
Гурам
Oleg Korchikov
представитель Центральной Рады
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Co-director Valentin Morozov was primarily a documentary filmmaker; this was his rare narrative feature.
Artyom was a genuine Bolshevik figure whose name was later given to a Ukrainian city (Artemovsk, now Bakhmut).
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