1929, 74 min, Ukraine
Silent movie
Direction/Reżyseria
NIKOLAI SHPIKOVSKY
Script/Scenariusz
IKOLAI SHPIKOVSKY, VADIM OKHRIMENKO
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
ALEKSEI PANKRATYEV
Art Direction/Scenografia
SOLOMON ZARITSKY
Produced by/Produkcja
M. ZGHODA
Cast/ Obsada
Dora Feller-Spikovskaya, Dimitry Kaka, Luka Lyashenko, Ivan Sadovskiy
live music by Marcina Pukaluka
The peaceful life of resourceful Apollon Shmyguew – a citizen of Kiev, is disturbed with the outbreak of civil war in Russia. Apollon decides to keep a low profile and take refuge out in the south if Ukraine, which is under the rule of the Russian White Army, and to where he rides a camel that he accidentally meets on his way. Upon falling in the hands of the ‘Reds’ he finds himself stripped to the bone for the benefit of the revolution. Even the camel is confiscated for the needs of revolution. But zealous and canning Apollon very soon makes it up for himself and take charge of the local police station. As successful as he may seem Apollon cannot keep himself out of harm’s way…
NIKOLAI SHPIKOVSKY
Born in Kiev (Russian Empire, new Ukraine) in 1897. Director, screenwriter and cinemathographer.
Filmography
1929 The Self-Seeker (Shkurnyk) (Cwaniak)
1929 Bread
1925 Chess Fever
Gallery Theatre November 15 at 5:30 pm.
