On the Red Front () is a 1920 Soviet silent war drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov.Christie & Taylor p.431
Plot
During the Russian Civil War, the commander of a Red Army unit entrusts a courier with a secret report to deliver to headquarters. Along the way, a Polish spy ambushes the courier, steals the confidential document, and attempts to escape.
Undeterred, the Red Army soldier pursues the spy, with the help of a passing vehicle that allows him to catch up to a train where the spy has taken refuge. The two engage in a dramatic fight atop the roof of a railway carriage. After a fierce struggle, the Red Army courier defeats his opponent and successfully delivers the critical dispatch to headquarters.
Cast Aleksandra Khokhlova as Polish peasant Lev Kuleshov as Polish Peasant Leonid Obolensky as Red Army soldier A. Reikh as Polish spy
References
Bibliography Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.
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