The Communist (russian: Коммунист, Kommunist) is a 1957 Soviet

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directed by

Yuli Raizman Yuli Yakovlevich Raizman (russian: Юлий Яковлевич Райзман; December 15, 1903 – December 11, 1994) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Russian people, Russian film director and screenwriter. Career In 1924 he became a literary consulta ...

. ''The Communist'' is one of the classic films of

Soviet cinema The cinema of the Soviet Union includes films produced by the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history, albeit they were all regulated by the central government in Moscow. M ...

. This is a story about an ordinary communist, a participant in one of the first Soviet construction projects, selflessly devoted to the cause. At that time, the film was innovative; director Julius Reisman managed to create not stilted, not flat, and multifaceted, complex image of the Builder of communism.Нея Зоркая. Райзман: сгустки истории — портрет режиссёра Юлия Райзмана
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Story

The film takes place in 1919. Young communist Vasily Gubanov came to the construction of the power plant-the most important object for the young Republic. A demobilized communist front-line soldier Vasily Gubanov was in charge of the warehouse at the construction site of the power plant in Shatura and gave his work completely, from the outside it even seemed that such zeal in hard work was beyond human capabilities. And if the locomotive stopped because of lack of fuel, Vasily Gubanov one rushed to cut down the wood. And also, with full dedication, fiercely and selflessly, Vasily Gubanov knew how to love, but his life ended too soon.

Cast

* Yevgeni Urbansky as Vasili Gubanov * Sofia Pavlova as Anyuta Fokina * Boris Smirnov as

Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 19 ...

Yevgeni Shutov 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 ...

as Fyodor Fokin * Sergei Yakovlev as Denis Ivanovich *

Valentin Zubkov Valentin Ivanovich Zubkov (russian: Валенти́н Ива́нович Зубко́в; 12 May 1923 – 18 January 1979) was a Soviet film actor. He was born in Peschanoye Settlement of Ryazan Province. He finished Armavir Military Aviation Sc ...

as Stepan * V. Adlerov as Zimny * Ivan Kashirin *

Viktor Kolpakov The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

* A. Smirnov *

Anatoliy Nikitin Anatoly (russian: Анато́лий, Anatólij , uk, Анато́лій, Anatólij ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian male given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'', meaning "sunrise." Other common Russian transliterations are Ana ...

as Communist

References

External links

* 1957 films 1957 drama films Soviet drama films Mosfilm films Films about Vladimir Lenin Russian Civil War films 1958 drama films 1958 films {{1950s-USSR-film-stub