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The Club of the Big Deed

192776 minSoviet Union
Drama

Synopsis

A gambler acquires a ring bearing three initials and uses it to invent an identity suited to the people he meets. During the Decembrist rebellion, an officer mistakes that symbol for proof of commitment to a revolutionary cause. Romantic loyalties and political conspiracies become opportunities for the adventurer, whose willingness to betray others gives the changing initials a dangerous meaning.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian.
This copy runs
69:27
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

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Cast

DirectorsGrigori KozintsevLeonid Trauberg

Historical context

Kozintsev and Trauberg frame the 1825 uprising through melodrama, deception and theatrical adventure. The same small object can represent a private promise, a secret society or a fraudulent claim to belong.

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