Konez Sankt-Peterburga
The End of St. Petersburg | Das Ende von Sankt Petersburg![](/media/filmstills/2012/retrospektive/20126323_1_RWD_1380.jpg)
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Konez Sankt-Peterburga | The End of St. Petersburg | Das Ende von Sankt Petersburg by Wsewolod Pudowkin, Michail Doller
UdSSR 1927, Retrospective
Source: Collection Austrian Film Museum
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Konez Sankt-Peterburga | The End of St. Petersburg | Das Ende von Sankt Petersburg by Wsewolod Pudowkin, Michail Doller
UdSSR 1927, Retrospective
Source: Collection Austrian Film Museum
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Behind the Scenes | Werkfoto: Anatoli Golownja (an der Kamera)
Konez Sankt-Peterburga | The End of St. Petersburg | Das Ende von Sankt Petersburg by Wsewolod Pudowkin, Michail Doller
UdSSR 1927, Retrospective
Source: Musej Kino, Moscow
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Behind the Scenes | Werkfoto: Wsewolod Pudowkin (im Hintergrund), Anatoli Golownja (an der Kamera)
Konez Sankt-Peterburga | The End of St. Petersburg | Das Ende von Sankt Petersburg by Wsewolod Pudowkin, Michail Doller
UdSSR 1927, Retrospective
Source: Musej Kino, Moscow
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Behind the Scenes | Werkfoto
Konez Sankt-Peterburga | The End of St. Petersburg | Das Ende von Sankt Petersburg by Wsewolod Pudowkin, Michail Doller
UdSSR 1927, Retrospective
Source: Musej Kino, Moscow
Only a short while before, Vsevolod Pudovkin had caused a sensation with MAT (The Mother). He had barely finished the film academy when a prestige project presented itself: he had the opportunity to make one of the jubilee films celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Revolution, alongside Eisenstein's intellectual OKTJABR (October). In 1927, both directors filmed mass scenes at the historical location almost simultaneously. In Pudovkin's film, however, far more of the Winter Palace’s windows were smashed… The rapid cuts, unusual perspectives and revolutionary pathos made him internationally famous as a director who filmed the Revolution. Central to his film were role models, faces of the Revolution and action that was easy to follow. As an author, director and actor, he became one of the most important figures at Mezhrabpom Film Studios.
Print courtesy of Filmmuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich