Cinema
Outskirts
Окраина
Boris Barnet · 1933
Synopsis
In 1914, in a remote small provincial town, the workers of a factory try to organise against their employers. The announcement of war upsets the outskirts: families watch their men leave, and Kadkin's sons are sent to the Eastern front. Then German prisoners arrive in town, among them Müller, who forms an attachment with Manka, Grechin's daughter.
Context
Written by Konstantin Finn together with the director, the screenplay adapts a short story by Finn, and the music is by Sergei Vasilenko. Produced by Mezhrabpomfilm, the film was released on 25 March 1933, with Sergei Komarov, Elena Kuzmina, Alexander Chistyakov, Nikolai Bogolyubov and Hans Klering in the role of the German prisoner. In France, it is known by its Russian title, Okraïna, or by that of Faubourg.
Who it is for
A sound film of about an hour and a half, mixing war scenes with the daily life of a small town.
Prizes and reception
The Cinémathèque française presents it as a masterpiece of Soviet cinema, and it was noticed at Venice.
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