The End Of St. Petersburg: 1927 Soviet Firestorm

Witness "The End Of St. Petersburg" (Конец Санкт-Петербурга), a 1927 silent Soviet masterpiece by Vsevolod Pudovkin, produced by Mezhrabpom to mark the October Revolution’s tenth anniversary. This black-and-white epic, part of Pudovkin’s revolutionary trilogy with "Mother" (1926) and "Storm Over Asia" (1928), storms through St. Petersburg’s fall amid uprising and chaos. Pudovkin’s deft montage—jarring cuts of workers, soldiers, and crumbling grandeur—cements his legacy as a Soviet cinema titan. Clocking 87 minutes, this fiery reel grips film buffs and history fans with its raw revolutionary pulse.