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The History of the Civil War

The History of the Civil War

The lost film of the legendary film director

1921•1h 34m•3.4/10
DocumentaryHistory

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3.4/10(5)

The epic story of the Russian Civil War (1918-21): the White Terror, the counterrevolutionary uprisings, the guerrilla war, the Kolchak front, the Wrangel front and the Kronstadt rebellion. Chaos and violence, devastation and death.

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Narkompros

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RU

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Cast

Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky

Self - Soviet Politician

Nicolai Kazadanov

Self - Soviet Officer

Konstantin Mekhonoshin

Self - Soviet Officer

Innocenti Kozhevnikov

Self - Soviet Officer

Fyodor Raskolnikov

Self - Soviet Officer

Filipp Mironov

Self - Soviet Officer

Ian Poluian

Self - Soviet Politician

Konstantin Bulatkin

Self - Soviet Officer

Ivar Smilga

Self - Soviet Officer

Nestor Makhno

Self - Black Army Commander

Sergei Zakharov

Self - Soviet Officer

Vasily Chapayev

Self - Soviet Officer

Grigory Zinoviev

Grigory Zinoviev

Self - Soviet Politician

Alexander Kolchak

Alexander Kolchak

Self - White Army Commander

Sergei Ordzhonikidze

Self - Soviet Officer

Sergei Kirov

Self - Soviet Officer

Kliment Voroshilov

Kliment Voroshilov

Self - Soviet Officer

Semyon Budyonny

Semyon Budyonny

Self - Soviet Officer

Mikhail Kalinin

Self - Soviet Officer

Mikhail Tukhachevsky

Mikhail Tukhachevsky

Self - Soviet Officer

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