Penal Servitude (1928)
- Original title
- Каторга
- Directed by
- Yuli Raizman
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent drama set in a Russian prison colony. It follows the harsh lives of convicts enduring forced labor and oppressive conditions.
bleakslow-burnmelancholicaustereintensegrimvisually stark
What happens
Penal Servitude (Russian: Каторга, romanized: Katorga) is a 1928 Soviet silent drama film directed by Yuli Raizman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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