Outskirts (1933 film)

Outskirts
File:Okraina.jpg Original 1933 Russian poster for Outskirts, by Russian poster pioneer Izrail Bograd
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
Production company	Mezhrabpomfilm
Release dates	25 March 1933 (1933-03-25) (Soviet Union)
Running time	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.

Plot summary

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.

See also

• The Outskirts, a 1998 film loosely based on the 1933 film

Cast

• Sergey Komarov — Alexander P. Greshin
• Elena Kuzmina — Anka Greshina
• Robert Erdmann — Robert Karlovich, tenant
• Alexander Chistyakov — Pyotr Kadkin
• Nikolay Bogolyubov — Nikolai Kadkin
• Nikolai Kryuchkov — Senka Kadkin
• Mikhail Zharov — Kraevich
• Hans Klering — Mueller, a German prisoner of war
• Alexander Zhukov — policeman
• Vladimir Ural — Cabby
• Andrew Veit — a German prisoner
• Mikhail Yanshin — soldier

External links

• The Patriots at IMDb
• Outskirts at AllMovie
• Review of Outskirts by Becky Bradway