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Original 1933 Russian poster for Outskirts, by Russian poster pioneer Izrail Bograd.
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Directed by | Boris Barnet |
Written by | Boris Barnet Konstantin Finn |
Starring |
Aleksandr Chistyakov Sergei Komarov Yelena Kuzmina Nikolay Bogolyubov Nikolai Kryuchkov Hans Klering Mikhail Zharov Vladimir Uralsky |
Music by | Sergei Vasilenko |
Cinematography |
Mikhail Kirillov A. Spiridonov |
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98 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian/ German |
Outskirts (Russian: Окраина, meaning Outskirts), also known in English as The Patriots or by the transliterated Russian title Okraina, is a 1933 Soviet film directed by Boris Barnet.
1914. In a small town in a remote part of the Russian Empire, shoemakers struggle to organise against factory owners. When war comes, they are united as soldiers of the Tsar on the Eastern Front. Anka, a local girl, forges a relationship with a German POW. The film criticises war profiteers and encourages workers to reach across national lines. In 1917 the Russian Revolution comes.