Lev KULESHOV
Лев КУЛЕШОВ
Lev KOULECHOV
USSR, 1930, 11mn 
Black and white, silent, fiction
Proryv
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Прорыв

 

 The Breakthrough

 Le Retard

 
Directed by : Lev KULESHOV (Лев КУЛЕШОВ)
 
Cast
Boris BARNET (Борис БАРНЕТ)
Andrey GORCHILIN (Андрей ГОРЧИЛИН)
Porfiri PODOBED (Порфирий ПОДОБЕД)
Anelle SUDAKEVICH (Анель СУДАКЕВИЧ)
Emma TSESARSKAIA (Эмма ЦЕСАРСКАЯ)
 
Cinematography : Konstantin KUZNETSOV (Константин КУЗНЕЦОВ)
Companies : Mezhrabpomfilm
 

Plot synopsis
Invitation to revive industrial production within the framework of the first five-year plan. The film denounces the delays in the plan and their many causes: laziness, drunkenness, absenteeism, bureaucratism. Right-wing opportunism, embezzlement, sabotage...
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Gels et dégels, une autre histoire du cinéma soviétique (1926-1968), Paris (kinoglaz.fr), 2002
- Film Festival Locarno, Locarno (Switzerland), 2000