Mother (1926)
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- 1h 29min
- Drama
- 29 May 1934 (USA)
- Movie
A story about a family torn apart by a worker's strike. At first, the mother wants to protect her family from the troublemakers, but eventually she realizes that her son is right and the workers should strike.
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| Vera Baranovskaya | ... |
Niovna-Vlasova, the Mother
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| Nikolay Batalov | ... |
Pavel Vlasov - the Son
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| Aleksandr Chistyakov | ... |
Vlasov - the Father
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Anna Zemtsova | ... |
Anna - a Revolutionary Girl
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| Ivan Koval-Samborsky | ... |
Vessovchtchnikov - Pavel's Friend
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N. Vidonov | ... |
Misha - a Worker
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Aleksandr Savitsky | ... |
Isaik Gorbov - the Foreman
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| Vsevolod Pudovkin | ... |
Police Officer
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| Ivan Bobrov | ... |
Young Prisoner (uncredited)
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Aleksandr Gromov | ... |
Revolutionary (uncredited)
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| Fyodor Ivanov | ... |
Prison Warden (uncredited)
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Vyacheslav Novikov | ... |
Worker (uncredited)
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Pavel Poltoratskiy | ... |
Judge (uncredited)
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Nikolay Trofimov | ... |
Escort (uncredited)
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| Vladimir Uralskiy | ... |
Student (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Vsevolod Pudovkin | ||
Written by
| Maxim Gorky | ... | (novel) |
| Nathan Zarkhi | ... | () |
Music by
| David Blok | ... | (1935) (as S. Blok) |
| Tikhon Khrennikov | ... | (1970) |
Cinematography by
| Anatoli Golovnya | ||
Art Direction by
| Sergei Kozlovsky | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Mikhail Doller | ... | assistant director |
| V. Strauss | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Izrail Bograd | ... | poster artist |
| Grigory Borisov | ... | poster artist |
| Mihály Bíró | ... | poster artist: Austria |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Sovexportfilm (1926) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Artkino Pictures (1940) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Kosmos-Filmi (1972) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Alta Films (1977) (Spain)
- Amkino Corporation (1934) (United States) (English intertitles)
- Divisa Home Video (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
- Flicker Alley (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray) (as a part of the Bolshevik Trilogy box set)
- Image Entertainment (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- Velissarios (1995) (Greece) (VHS) (sell through)
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Other Companies
- Mosfilm (restoration) (1968)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Russian director Vsevolod I. Pudovkin's "Mother" is the chronicle of an individual's transformation from political naivete to Marxist awareness set during the 1905 Russian Revolution. Pudovkin uses innovative montage techniques and camera angles to tell this bold story of national unrest through the eyes of a working class woman. Written by Anonymous |
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| Taglines | The Film Version Of Gorki's Great Story Of The 1905 Revolution See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | First feature film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Quest for Tannu Tuva (1988). See more » |