Mother (1926 film)

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Mother (1926 film) is a seminal Soviet silent drama directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, renowned for its innovative use of montage and its powerful depiction of revolutionary struggle.

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instanceOf Soviet film
drama film
feature film
silent film
adaptationOf Russian literature
alsoKnownAs Mat
basedOn Mother (novel)
basedOnAuthor Maksim Gorky
surface form: Maxim Gorky
character Pavel Vlasov
Pelagea Vlassova
surface form: Pelageya Vlasova
cinematicTechnique montage
cinematographer Anatoli Golovnya NERFINISHED
composer Edmund Meisel
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
director Vsevolod Pudovkin
distributor Mezhrabpom-Rus
era silent era
filmStyle realism combined with montage
format silent
genre drama
political film
revolutionary film
hasColor black-and-white
hasTitle Mother
historicalSignificance seminal work of Soviet cinema
influenced film editing theory
political cinema
mainTheme class struggle
political awakening
revolutionary struggle
medium 35 mm film
movement Soviet montage
narrativeLocation Russian Empire
surface form: Imperial Russia
notableFor innovative use of montage
politically engaged narrative
originalLanguage Russian
partOf Soviet montage school
surface form: Soviet montage cinema
portrays Tsarist repression
workers' movement
producer Mezhrabpom-Rus
productionCompany Mezhrabpom-Rus
publicationDate 1926
releaseYear 1926
runningTime approximately 90 minutes
screenwriter Nathan Zarkhi
settingTime 1905 Russian Revolution
starred Aleksandr Chistyakov NERFINISHED
Nikolai Batalov
Vera Baranovskaya

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Soviet montage school notableWork Mother (1926 film)