Mother
About Mother
During the 1905 Revolution a mother is caught between her husband and her son. The husband is killed. The son is imprisoned. She is radicalized. Vsevolod Pudovkin's film is the first part of his revolutionary trilogy, from Maxim Gorky's 1906 novel.
Cast & crew
More about Mother
Nathan Zarkhi wrote the script. Anatoli Golovnya photographed it. Wikidata lists Tikhon Khrennikov as composer and Mezhrabpom-Film as producer, and times the film at 88 minutes. Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov, and Ivan Koval-Samborskij are billed. Pudovkin also appears. The later parts of the trilogy are The End of St. Petersburg (1927) and Storm Over Asia (1928). Russian title Мать.
Themes
Background
The story is set in the 1905 Revolution, not in 1917.
In film history
First film in Pudovkin's revolutionary trilogy.
Look
Anatoli Golovnya shot the 1905 story.
Music
Wikidata credits Tikhon Khrennikov. The English Wikipedia intro does not name a 1926 score.
Notes
- The catalog's overview says the Russian Revolution. The English Wikipedia specifies 1905.
- Wikidata lists both Mezhrabpom-Rus and Gorky Film Studio.
- Khrennikov's name is on Wikidata's composer line. The intro does not date the score.
Scenes
- The husband is killed.
- The son is imprisoned.
- The mother turns toward the revolution.
Influenced by
- Maxim Gorky's The Mother (1906)
Also available
- Internet Archive (Mother_883)
- Wikimedia Commons (Mother (1926).webm)
