The Decembrists (1927)

Original title

Декабристы

Directed by

Aleksandr Ivanovsky

Genre

drama film, silent film, biographical film, historical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film is about a group of Russian aristocrats and military officers who try to overthrow the tsar in 1825. It follows their failed uprising and the harsh punishment they face afterward.

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What happens

The Decembrists (Russian: Декабристы, romanized: Dekabristy) is a 1927 Soviet silent historical drama film directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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