Mother 1926

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Mother ★★★½ 1926

Pudovkin's innovative classic about a Russian family shattered by the uprising in 1905. A masterpiece of Russian cinema that established Pudovkin, and rivaled only Eisenstein for supremacy in montage, poetic imagery, and propagandistic ideals. Based on Maxim Gorky's great novel, it's one of cinematic history's seminal works. Striking cinematography, stunning use of montage make this one important. Silent with English subtitles. 70m/B VHS, DVD . RU Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov; D: Vsevolod Pudovkin.

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