Friends
About Friends
The film is drawn from the life of Sergey Kirov. During the Civil War the Communist Party sends Aleksey, played by Boris Babochkin, into the Caucasus to organize an armed uprising. Nikolay Cherkasov plays Beta, an Ossetian. Lev Arnshtam directed the Lenfilm picture. Wikidata also lists Viktor Eisymont as director.
Cast & crew
More about Friends
Arnshtam is the writer on Wikidata, Vladimir Rapoport photographed it, and Dmitri Shostakovich composed the score. Wikidata gives 100 minutes and the year 1938. The English Wikipedia names only Arnshtam as director.
Themes
Background
The action is placed in the Caucasus during the Russian Civil War, and the English page calls the film a Kirov biopic.
Look
Vladimir Rapoport photographed the Lenfilm production.
Music
Dmitri Shostakovich is the composer on Wikidata.
Notes
- Stepan Kayukov, Kote Daushvili, Serafima Birman, and Aleksandr Borisov are also billed.
- Irina Zarubina is in the English cast list without a role.
- The plot section does not show Kirov under his own name. The central figure on screen is Aleksey.
- Shostakovich's credit is the music, not a story credit.
Scenes
- The Party sends Aleksey into the Caucasus Mountains to organize an uprising.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1938. Друзья.webm)
