Sergey BONDARCHUK
Сергей БОНДАРЧУК
Sergueï BONDARTCHOUK
USSR / Mexico, 1982, 134mn 
Colour, fiction
Red Bells Part I: Insurgent Mexico
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Красные колокола. Ф. 1-й: Мексика в огне

 

 Les Cloches rouges 1ère partie : Le Mexique en flammes

 Krasnye kolokola. F. 1-y: Meksika v ognye

 
Directed by : Sergey BONDARCHUK (Сергей БОНДАРЧУК)
Writing credits : Sergey BONDARCHUK (Сергей БОНДАРЧУК)
 
Cast
Anatoli USTYUZHANIVOV (Анатолий УСТЮЖАНИНОВ) ...Lénine
 
Cinematography : Vadim YUSOV (Вадим ЮСОВ)
Production : Mosfilm, Canosite-2 / Vides International
Release date in Russia : 19/03/1982
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
The first part of the "Red Bells" dilogy is devoted to the Mexican Revolution of 1910, the events of which are shown through the eyes of an American journalist, author of the forthcoming book "Ten Days that Shook the World."

In the meantime, in between battles, John Reed wrote notes for his future book "Mexico Risen", the materials of which became the source of the script for this film.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2020