On the Red Front

1920 film

On the Red Front

Directed by| Lev Kuleshov
Written by| Lev Kuleshov
Cinematography| Pyotr Yermolov

Production
company

VGIK

Release date

* 1920 (1920)

Country| Russia
Languages| Silent
Russian intertitles

On the Red Front (Russian: На красном фронте, romanized: Na krasnom fronte) is a 1920 Soviet silent war drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov.[1]

## Plot

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Still from the film

During the Russian Civil War, the commander of a Red Army unit entrusts a courier with a secret report to deliver to headquarters. Along the way, a Polish spy ambushes the courier, steals the confidential document, and attempts to escape.

Undeterred, the Red Army soldier pursues the spy, with the help of a passing vehicle that allows him to catch up to a train where the spy has taken refuge. The two engage in a dramatic fight atop the roof of a railway carriage. After a fierce struggle, the Red Army courier defeats his opponent and successfully delivers the critical dispatch to headquarters.

## Cast

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* Aleksandra Khokhlova as Polish peasant
* Lev Kuleshov as Polish Peasant
* Leonid Obolensky as Red Army soldier
* A. Reikh as Polish spy

## References

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1. ^ Christie & Taylor p.431

## Bibliography

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* Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.

## External links

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* On the Red Front at IMDb

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