Short film
Comrade Abram
1919 · 20 min
A stark, earnest silent-era portrait of suffering and resolve, watching like a solemn historical pageant with moments of raw tension.
- Directed by
- Aleksandr Razumnyj
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Overview
- One of a series of short Bolshevik films, Comrade Abram focuses on Abram Hersh, a young Jewish pogrom survivor who became a factory worker and organizer in Moscow and eventually rose to leadership in the Red Army. This short film emphasizes Hersh's suffering and heroism as both worker and Jew, and promotes solidarity over anti-semitism.
- How it feels
- Earnest, bleak, uplifting and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Survival, identity, justice, class
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Aleksandr Razumnyj
- Genres
- History, Drama
