100 Years of Film: Between the Revolution and Remembering the Revolution
by hrabren | created - 08 Nov 2017 | updated - 09 Nov 2017 | PublicFilms mentioned at a lecture by professor Gal Kirn at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Zagreb, September 28th, 2017.
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1. October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1927)
95 min | Drama, History
A large-scale view on the events of 1917 in Russia, when the monarchy was overthrown.
Directors: Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Boris Livanov, Nikolay Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko
Votes: 8,446
2. Strike (1925)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
A group of oppressed factory workers go on strike in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Maksim Shtraukh, Mikhail Gomorov, I. Ivanov
Votes: 8,622
3. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova
Votes: 27,976
- the experimental film that begins with a manifesto
- the theme is production and reception
- the materialization of a film process
4. When I Am Dead and Gone (1967)
79 min | Drama, Music
The story about Jimmy the Dingy, a young vagabond who works as a seasonal worker. Having been sacked from the job, his dreams are to become a singer. As most of the things in the Balkans happen, he is destined to failure.
Director: Zivojin Pavlovic | Stars: Dragan Nikolic, Ruzica Sokic, Neda Spasojevic, Dara Calenic
Votes: 1,457
5. Rdece klasje (1970)
85 min | Drama
An ex-partisan and current political activist sets out to Styria region in Slovenia to buy out the wheat from peasants and convince them to form the farming collective. His ostensible ... See full summary »
Director: Zivojin Pavlovic | Stars: Rade Serbedzija, Majda Potokar, Majda Grbac, Irena Glonar
Votes: 134
6. Ustanak u Jasku (1973)
18 min | Documentary, Short
People from the Jazak village show how they fought undercover against the occupation forces during WWII.
Director: Zelimir Zilnik
Votes: 33
7. Cinema Komunisto (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History
When history has a different script from the one in your films, who wouldn't invent a country to fool themselves? The collapsing sets of Tito's Hollywood of the East take us on a journey ... See full summary »
Director: Mila Turajlic | Stars: Stevan Petrovic, Veljko Despotovic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Dragisa Djokic
Votes: 705
8. Happiness (I) (1935)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A hapless man undergoes misadventures with avaricious clergy, a tired horse, and a walking granary on his road to collectivized happiness.
Director: Aleksandr Medvedkin | Stars: Pyotr Zinovyev, Yelena Yegorova, Mikhail Gipsi, Viktor Kulakov
Votes: 1,200
9. The New Moscow (1938)
100 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A young provincial architect travels to Moscow to present his new model of the city reconstruction plan. Through funny twists his model turns into an unexpected success.
Directors: Aleksandr Medvedkin, Aleksandr Olenin | Stars: Daniil Sagal, Nina Alisova, Mariya Barabanova, Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina
Votes: 141
10. My Grandmother (1929)
Not Rated | 65 min | Comedy, Drama
The protagonist, a lazy pen-pusher, gets the sack for his bureaucratic idleness, and learns that the way back into the job market depends on getting a letter of recommendation from a "grandmother".
Director: Kote Mikaberidze | Stars: Aleksandre Takaishvili, Bella Chernova, Evgeniy Ovanov, Akaki Khorava
Votes: 403
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