Komsomolsk

Komsomolsk (1938)

Комсомольск

In 1932, thousands of Komsomol members set off for the Far East to build the "city of youth" — Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Among the builders is a saboteur. Soon, fuel depots explode at the new factories in Komsomolsk.

Date of release
1938-10-26
TMDB
8.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama
Director
Sergei Gerasimov

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Kirovsk

Komsomolsk or The Frozen North is a 1938 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Gerasimov. Made by Lenfilm, it is a propaganda work set against the backdrop of the construction of the new city of Komsomolsk. Although the film portrays this as the work of the Young Communist volunteers, it was in reality built largely by Gulag prisoners.

Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.

Recommended