CinemaOSMovie · 1933 · 1h 25m

Torn Boots

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Working with children led Barskaya to create superb direct sound and an inspired style of shooting. Don’t look for conventional cinematic syntax here. The film is chaotic in the way that Soviet films still knew how to be, and Langlois couldn’t help but be seduced by its rebellious spirit, its anarchy and love of children, comparable to Vigo’s Zero de conduite. As well as being a film made with and for children, it offers a complex take on Western society. Pre-Nazi Germany is not named as such but is carefully reconstructed, possibly under advice from Karl Radek, and children offer a playful reflection of class struggle – doubly excluded, as proletarians and as minors. “They play in the same way that they live”, one intertitle says. The interaction between their comical games and the yet more ludicrous ones played by adults is developed on several levels.

Directed byMargarita Barskaya

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 25m
Language
RU
Released
December 17, 1933
Studios
Mezhrabpomfilm

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Mikhail Klimov

Mikhail Klimov

Pastor

Ivan Novoseltsev

Ivan Novoseltsev

Valter's father

Varvara Alyokhina

School teacher

Klavdiya Polovikova

Klavdiya Polovikova

Blind woman

Vladimir Uralskiy

Vladimir Uralskiy

Police agent

Lev Losev

Nikolay Losev

Anna Chekulaeva

Valter's mother

Natalia Sadovskaya

Natalia Sadovskaya

Olga Bazanova

(uncredited)

Creative team
Directed by
Margarita Barskaya
Margarita Barskaya
Written by
Margarita Barskaya
Margarita Barskaya
Produced by
Moisey Aleynikov
Moisey Aleynikov

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