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Jimmy Higgings

1928

A somber, earnest revolutionary drama that follows a worker's disillusionment and descent into madness, feeling heavy and historically grounded.

Directed by
Heorhiy Tasin
Genres
History, Adventure, War
Starring
Amvrosii Buchma, Elena Adamaytis-Astangova, Boris Shlikhting
Overview
Jimmy Higgings is a worker of the plant making weapons for the Tsarist Russia and the German Empire. During World War I, Jimmy speaks at a spontaneous rally against the war. He is arrested. When released, he becomes unemployed. He is happy to hear the news about the revolution; he volunteers into the American expeditionary force thinking that having the weapons he can fight against Germans – the enemies of the Russian revolution. However, finding himself in Russia, Jimmy soon realises that the expeditionary force of American volunteers fights not against the Germans, but against the young Socialist Russia. Without any hesitations, he takes the path of revolutionary struggle, he spreads propaganda among the American soldiers and distributes Bolshevik leaflets. Captured by the American military police, Jimmy Higgings does not betray his friends. He is sentenced to twenty years in a military prison. Jimmy cannot stand it and loses his mind. Lost movie.

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Directed by
Heorhiy Tasin
Genres
History, Adventure, War
Starring
Amvrosii Buchma, Elena Adamaytis-Astangova, Boris Shlikhting
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • betrayal
  • rebellion
  • justice
  • madness
Places
  • big city
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
history, adventure, war
Directed by
Heorhiy Tasin
Written by
Heorhiy Tasin, Isaak Babel
Starring
Amvrosii Buchma, Elena Adamaytis-Astangova, Boris Shlikhting, V. Kolpashnikov, Konstantin Koshevskiy, Vladimir Lanskoy, Yuliya Solntseva, Ivan Zamychkovskyi
Cinematography
Mikhail Belsky
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
No Language

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