Red Bells II (1982)

Original title

Красные колокола. Я видел рождение нового мира. Фильм второй.

Directed by

Sergei Bondarchuk

Genre

historical film

Country

Soviet Union, Mexico, Italy

Runtime

2h 19m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows American journalist John Reed as he witnesses and reports on the Russian Revolution. It centers on the events described in his book Ten Days That Shook the World.

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What happens

Red Bells II (also known as 10 Days That Shook the World and Red Bells Part II – I Saw the Birth of the New World; released in the Philippines as Comrade in Arms) is a 1983 adventure-drama film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. It was coproduced by Soviet Union (where it was released as Krasnye kolokola, film vtoroy – Ya videl rozhdenie novogo mira and Krasnye kolokola II), Italy (where it is known as I dieci giorni che sconvolsero il mondo) and Mexico (where its title is Campanas rojas II – Rusia 1917). It is the last of a two-part film centered on the life and career of John Reed, the revolutionary communist journalist that had already inspired Warren Beatty's Reds. This chapter focuses on Reed's book Ten Days That Shook the World. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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