Stars: Vera Baranovskaya, A. Chistyakov, Ivan Chuvelyov, Aleksei Davor, Vladimir Fogel, Aleksandr Gromov

Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin

Summary: A deliberately symbolic propaganda film made to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution. The storyline tells of a young boy who travels to St. Petersburg in search of work against the backdrop of the major historical events. Restored by film historian David Shephard. Silent. Also features a Movie Essay on 'The End Of St. Petersburg.

In a film designed to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, V.I. Pudovkin again portrays the dawning of political awareness. THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG stars Ivan Chuvelyov as a young peasant working a moribund farm. When his wife dies in childbirth in 1914, the young man heads for St. Petersburg, hoping to get help from his cousin (Aleksandr Chistykov), a factory worker. He's stunned by the pace of the city and awed by the mountainous buildings. His cousin is too preoccupied with the strike he's leading to be of any help to the lad, and the man's wife (Vera Baranovskaya) suggests he should return whence he came. The farmer unwittingly joins a group of strike breakers and naively tells the factory manager that the strikers he's curious about have been meeting at his cousin's house. Deaf to his attempts at atonement, his cousin's wife angrily tosses him into the street. Seeking revenge against the factory manager, the young man rolls through his office like a malefic tsunami before the police take him away. His education has begun. The second of Pudovkin's troika of 1920s masterworks, this film might be more incisive as an antiwar film than as a call to revolution, evincing the director's recent combat experience. In a film full of unforgettable images, the cross-cutting of the jingoistic cries to arms with the frantic speculation of the war profiteers is a sequence of genius.

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Aspect Ratio:	4:3 Full Frame
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Chapter Selection, The End Of St Petersburg A Movie Essay
Year:	1927
Release Date:	August 20, 2001
Runtime:	88 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	E K A 40031
Keywords:	Special, General, Edition, End, Petersburg, Silent, Drama, Historical, St
Genre:	Drama