Full guide: https://writebraintv.com/tv-guide-2/

The private footage of Enver Hoxha was particularly interesting. I’m a sucker for archival and this one really delivered. However, the sound design didn’t always work for me and I didn’t think the director was being as clever as he thought he was.

Watch the Full Uncensored Film Here

Completely uncensored original film with English subtitles. Highest quality film available without going to MosFilm archives and begging for a blu ray scan.

Lenin in 1918 (Ленин в 1918 году) is a 1939 Soviet biographical historical drama directed by Mikhail Romm, with co-directors Yefim Aron and Isidor Simkov.

Written by Aleksei Kapler and Taisiya Zlatogorova, this film presents a dramatized account of a critical year during the Russian Civil War.

Set in 1918, the young Soviet Republic faces famine, counter-revolutionary conspiracies, and foreign intervention. The narrative follows Vladimir Lenin (Boris Shchukin) as he leads the embattled state from the Kremlin while contending with personal danger. The central drama builds around a conspiracy uncovered by Kremlin Commandant Mateyev (Vasili Vanin), culminating in the assassination attempt on Lenin by Fanny Kaplan (Natalya Efron) at the Mikhelson Factory.

The film also portrays the critical leadership of Iosif Stalin (Mikheil Gelovani) during this period of war and turmoil.

Directors

Mikhail Romm 
Yefim Aron (co-director) 
Isidor Simkov (co-director)

Writers

Aleksei Kapler Taisiya Zlatogorova

Cast

Boris Shchukin as Vladimir Lenin 
Mikheil Gelovani as Iosif Stalin (scenes deleted in later reissues) 
Nikolai Okhlopkov as Vasili, Lenin's protégé and bodyguard  
Aleksandr Shatov as Konstantinov, chief conspirator  
Vasiliy Markov as Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky  
Vasili Vanin as Kremlin Commandant Matveyev  
Nikolai Cherkasov as Maxim Gorky  
Leonid Lyubashevsky as Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov 
Vladimir Solovyov as Sintsov, a spy
Nikolai Svobodin as Rutkovsky, a conspirator
Viktor Tretyakov as Novikov, a conspirator
Natalya Efron as Fanny/Fanya Kaplan
Elena Muzil as Yevdokia Ivanova, Lenin's housekeeper
Nikolai Bogolyubov as Kliment Voroshilov
Z. Dobina as Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya
Serafim Kozminskiy as Bobylyov, Lenin's assistant 
Klavdiya Korobova as Vasili's wife
Dmitriy Orlov as Korobov, a farm worker
Nikolai Plotnikov as a kulak from Tambov
Iosif Tolchanov as Andrei Fedorovich, attending physician
Aleksandr Khokhlov as a Professor of Medicine
Semyon Goldshtab (role unspecified)
Vladimir Pokrovskiy (role unspecified) 

Uncredited Cast

Sergei Antimonov as Polyakov
Viktor Bubnov as a sailor (Matros)
Anna Chekulaeva as Telegraph Operator
Vladimir Dorofeyev as Petrov
Mikhail Gladysh as White Guard Colonel
Nikolay Gorich as a Ambassador
Avenir Gulkovskiy as an Anarchist
A. Ignatyeva as Woman in a Crowd of Workers
Vasiliy Krasnoshchyokov as Chepalinskiy
Mariya Kravchunovskaya as Gornikova
Viktor Kulakov as Bukharin
Ivan Lagutin as Filimonov
Rostislav Plyatt as Voyenspets
Varvara Sevastyanova as Sister of Mercy
Sergey Tikhonravov as The Gentleman in the Ambassador's Box
Vladimir Uralskiy as Commander

Composer

Nikolai Kryukov 

Cinematographer

Boris Volchek 

Editor

Yevgeniya Abdirkina 

Art Directors

Boris Dubrovsky-Eshke

Viktor Ivanov 

Costume Designer

Konstantin Eliseev 

Makeup Department

A. Yermolov (makeup artist) 

Production Management

N. Privezentsev (production director) 

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

Tatyana Berezantseva

Fyodor Filippov

Artavazd Kefchiyan

Era Savelyeva

K. Zhukovsky 

Art Department

Anatoly Belsky (poster artist) 

Sound Department

Sergei Minervin (sound engineer)

Boris Volsky (sound producer) 

Camera and Electrical Department

I. Davidov (assistant camera)

Yuli Kun (assistant camera)

I. Yablonovskiy (assistant camera)

I think it does a good review of the revolution in spain and the leftist infighting at the time

I came across and watched this film a couple nights ago, and figured ya’ll would get a kick out of it. It has been described as the most anti-American film ever made.

You have a fascist American superhero whose outfit is a football uniform. His gang of fellow fascist superheroes (which includes an elderly Nazi war criminal and a KKK member adorned in pink) loot, rape, terrorize, and shoot at random. They’re trying to prevent a Communist takeover of France, and in true American fashion, celebrate at destroying over half the country. The US embassy is a supermarket. The satire is as subtle as a sledgehammer, but it is fucking hilarious. It was made by William Klein, who also took part in a documentary about supporting North Vietnam, to give you an idea of the man’s politics.

Anyway, give it a watch if you feel like it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ktwUOU0deZg

Clip from 1951 film The Unforgettable Year 1919

Watch the full film in English sub for the 1st time here

https://youtu.be/kopk5DTB0yc

The Unforgettable Year 1919 (Russian: Незабываемый 1919 год, romanized: Nezabyvaemyy 1919 god) is a 1951 Soviet historical drama film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli.

Now for the first time with English subtitles. (fixed some errors, reupload)

I found the best copy i could, applied a 2x integer upscale with some film grain filtering.

Lenin dispatched Stalin to Petrograd on May 17, 1919 to reorganize its defenses against an attack by the White Army of General N. N. Yudenich.

Upon his arrival, Stalin was given a mandate by the Council of Defense, dated that same day, empowering him to take "all urgent measures necessitated by the situation" on the Western Front. He arrived in the city on May 19, 1919, and his presence marked the beginning of the Soviet counter-offensive in the region.

Stalin's actions included discovering a counter-revolutionary conspiracy, working to reorganize the Seventh Army, and vigorously pushing back against a proposal to decommission Baltic Fleet vessels. Following the successful repulse of the White Army by the end of June 1919, he was appointed to the Military Council of the Western Front, expanding his command beyond Petrograd.

Main Cast Boris Andreyev as Shibaev

Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin

Pavel Molchanov as Vladimir Lenin

Directed by Mikheil Chiaureli

Written by Vsevolod Vishnevsky (play)

Screenplay by Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Alexander Filmonov, Mikheil Chiaureli

Produced by Viktor Tsirgiladze

Cinematography Leonid Kosmatov, Vitaly Nikolaev

Edited by Tatiana Likhacheva

Music by Dmitri Shostakovich

Ленин будет жить! Слава Сталину! Коммунизм победит!

[effacé]

Незабываемый 1919 год (The Unforgettable Year 1919, by Mikheil Chiaureli 1951)

Ленин в 1918 году (Lenin in 1918, by Mikail Romm 1939)

^ Lenin in 1918 is a sequel to Romm’s 1937 film Lenin in October. The 1st one is already available on YouTube with Eng subs uncensored (tho the uploader thinks it’s the censored version, it’s not, Stalin just wasn’t that prominent in the 1st film)

You can watch the aforementioned 1st film Lenin in October here uncensored

I am almost done with Unforgettable Year 1919 which is basically just a Stalin glaze film about his role in the defense of Petrograd during the civil war

stay tuned! Will likely upload the 1st later tonight

Edit: I really tried to finish The Unforgettable Year 1919, but it’s 1am now and I have work in the morning 😭 I will try to get it ready by tomorrow evening! Part 1 is subbed and just need to finish part 2 after work!

Edit 2: almost done!! Now to upload in the middle of night or wait for tomorrow for engagement…

Edit 3: just finished and it’s 1am again. I really gotta regulate myself.

1st film done

https://www.reddit.com/r/TankieTheDeprogram/s/LgxueFSG1N

I also got blocked by him on instagram by the way when I sent him this video…

Through rare archive footage, the documentary traces the forty years of Enver Hoxha's communist regime in Albania, revealing cinema as a weapon of power.

The second week covers films made in Japan between 1945 and 1965.

https://writebraintv.com/