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The Last Night (1937)

The Last Night poster
Original title
Последняя ночь
Directed by
Yuli Raizman
Genre
drama film, historical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows two families on the last night of the Russian Empire. One family is wealthy capitalists and the other is workers whose children help plan a rebellion.

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What happens

The Last Night (Russian: Последняя ночь) is a 1936 Soviet drama film directed by Yuli Raizman. The film takes place on the last night of the Russian Empire. The film intertwines the fate of the family of the capitalist Leontyev and the worker Zakharkin, whose children are involved in organizing the worker's uprising. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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