Arsenal

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"Arsenal" is a 1929 Soviet silent film directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, renowned as a key work of the Soviet montage movement depicting the turmoil of the Ukrainian–Soviet War.

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Arsenal canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet film
black-and-white film
silent film
war film
basedOn events of the January Uprising at the Kyiv Arsenal
cinematographyBy Daniil Demutsky NERFINISHED
colorProcess black and white
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
depicts Ukrainian–Soviet War
revolution
social unrest
director Oleksandr Dovzhenko
linked to: Alexander Dovzhenko
distributor VUFKU
editedBy Oleksandr Dovzhenko
linked to: Alexander Dovzhenko
filmingLocation Kyiv
filmTechnique rapid montage
symbolic imagery
follows Zvenyhora
format 35 mm film
genre drama film
war film
hasSetting Kyiv Arsenal factory
hasTheme anti-war sentiment
class struggle
revolutionary heroism
hasTitle Arsenal
hasType propaganda film
includedIn canon of early Soviet cinema
mainCharacter Tymish
linked to: Tymofiy
movement Soviet montage
notableFor expressionistic imagery
innovative montage editing
originalLanguage Russian intertitles
Ukrainian intertitles
partOf Oleksandr Dovzhenko’s war trilogy
portrays Bolshevik revolutionaries
Ukrainian national forces
workers’ uprising in Kyiv
precedes Earth (1930 film)
producer Vsevolod Pudovkin
productionCompany VUFKU
recognizedAs key work of Soviet montage cinema
releaseDate 1929-02-25
releaseYear 1929
runningTime ~70 minutes
screenwriter Oleksandr Dovzhenko
linked to: Alexander Dovzhenko
setInPeriod Ukrainian–Soviet War
World War I

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Arsenal (1929 film) hasTitle Arsenal
subject linked to: Arsenal