''Golden Beak'' (russian: Золотой клюв, Zolotoy klyuv) is a 1928 Soviet

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Yevgeni Chervyakov Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may b ...

. Screen version of the eponymous historical novel by Anna Karavaeva. One of the last three Soviet silent films that appeared on the screens in 1929, along with the films

The New Babylon ''The New Babylon'' (russian: Новый Вавилон, Novyy Vavilon alt. title: russian: Штурм неба, Shturm neba) is a 1929 silent historical drama film written and directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. The film deals w ...

and

Fragment of an Empire ''Fragment of an Empire'' (russian: Обломок империи, Oblomok imperii) is a 1929 Soviet silent drama film directed by Fridrikh Ermler. Plot A soldier called Filimonov lost his memory due to shell shock during the Russian Civil W ...

Plot

Hundreds of serfs are sent to work at the proud factory "Golden Beak", where they work in extremely difficult conditions. People dreamed of freedom, and their power was cruelly suppressed. Suddenly a group of workers managed to escape. They have been looking for the cherished valley of Bukhtarma for a long time, where, according to legend, there is a promised land. Having reached it, they organized a free peasant state.

Cast

* A. Yefimov as Stepan *

Gennadiy Michurin Gennadiy Mikhailovich Michurin (russian: Геннадий Михайлович Мичу́рин; 1897–1970) was a Soviet stage and film actor.Kaganovsky / Salazkina p.123 Biography Michurin was born 1897. In 1917-1918 he studied at the Petrogr ...

as Marey *

Sergei Minin Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and ...

as Sencha * Mikhail Gipsi as The elder Shushin * Boris Dmokhovsky as The younger Shushin * Pyotr Berezov as Dandy *

Boris Livanov Boris Nikolayevich Livanov (russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Лива́нов; – 22 September 1972) was a Soviet and Russian actor and theatre director. People's Artist of the USSR (1948).Leonid Kmit Leonid Aleksandrovich Kmit (born Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kmita; russian: Алексей Александрович Кмита́; 9 March 1908 – 11 March 1982) was a Soviet and Russian actor. In 1931 he graduated from Saint Petersburg State Thea ...

as PeasantЗолотой клюв (1929) Full Cast & Crew
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О Евгении Червякове. Режиссёр экзистенциального кино
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Iskusstvo Kino ''Iskusstvo Kino'' (Russian: Искусство кино, ''Film Art'') is a film magazine published in Moscow, Russia. It has been published since 1931 and is one of the earliest magazines in Europe which specialize on film theory and review al ...

1928 films Films directed by Yevgeni Chervyakov 1920s Russian-language films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet historical drama films 1920s historical drama films Soviet silent films Films based on Russian novels 1928 drama films Silent drama films