The Unforgettable Year 1919

The Unforgettable Year 1919 Russian 1919 is a 1951 Soviet film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli. It is considered an important representation of Joseph Stalins cult of personality.

The script was adapted from a play by the same name, that was composed by Vsevolod Vishnevsky for Stalins 70th birthday in 1949 and won the Stalin Prize. Ronald Hingley wrote that Vishnevskys play magnified Stalins Russian Civil War record beyond all recognition. Chiaurelis work was one of the only nine Soviet pictures produced during 1951. With a budget of nearly 11,000,000 rubles, it was also the most expensive film made in the Soviet Union up to that time. In addition, it was the last of Chiaurelis superproductions about Stalin.The Unforgettable Year 1919 was heavily promoted by the Soviet press months before its release. It was watched by 31.6 million people in the USSR, becoming the countrys fifth highestgrossing picture of 1952, coming behind four old American Tarzan movies from the 1930s. ........

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