Ivan Novoseltsev

Kuleshov's Velikii uteshitel' has a curious place in film history. On the one hand, it is always mentioned in accounts of Russian film on the 1930s and praised as a brave stand against Stalinism. On the other hand, it is almost universally criticised and has received little detailed analysis beyond a perfunctory synopsis. (ce-review.org)

A band of soldiers, escorting some civilians across an Asian wasteland , are set upon and surrounded at a waterhole by a notorious horde of bandits . The soldiers determine to hold off the bandits until hoped-for reinforcements arrive. (Jim Beaver )

Gavrosh knows that his father exiled on hard labour dies. The hatred of totyrant brings a boy around to the barricades of Monmartr. (imdb)