Man with a Rifle (USSR, 1938)

I'm watching a 1938 Soviet film set in 1917. There are no subtitles. I can understand a word here and there but that's about it. An actor plays Lenin in it.

It LOOKS good. The scenes are all nicely lit. The shots are nicely composed. Mostly static camera but there are some tracking shots. It's hard to tell when it's in a language you don't understand, but the acting seems okay. There was a scene with bourgeoisie playing with a sort of Ouija board.

Other than a couple of bourgeois women, it has an all-male cast.

Directed by Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich (1904-1985). He went on to win Best Director at Cannes in 1956 and 1966.

Here are stills from the movie. I swiped them from a website that was only interested in the guns they used so they're grouped by gun and not in chronological order.

Guy with a Mauser in a holster behind him.

Guy on the left with a Mauser holster.

Guy with a Mauser on the right.

I don't know. A Mosin-Nagant carbine?

Mosin-Nagant carbine again.

Another Mosin-Nagant carbine.

Mosin-Nagant rifle.

You can see the guy's Nagant revolver sticking out.

You can see the revolver again.

I'm not sure what gun we're supposed to be marveling at here.

Grenades.

Grenades and an armored train.

I think we're supposed to be looking at the grenades again.