Mikhail CHIAURELI Михаил ЧИАУРЕЛИ Mikhaïl TCHIAOURELI   USSR, 1946, 116 mn  fiction

The Vow ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Клятва    Le Serment  Klyatva

Plot synopsis

In the winter of 1924 the Bolshevik Stepan Petrov together with his wife Varvara and daughter Olga set out to Moscow on foot. They must hand their fellow countrymen’s letter over to Lenin. In the steppes they are overtaken by a gang of kulaks. Stepan is killed and Varvara and her daughter walk on alone. Together with other pilgrims they get to Gorky where they learn about Lenin’s death. They head for Red Square. Stalin ascends the rostrum and vows faith to Lenin’s ideas. After that Varvara Petrova hands him the letter. When the war breaks out Varvara Mikhailovna will send her children off to defend the Motherland. After the war in the Georgievsky Palace Petrova will meet Stalin for the second time.
old Medal at the Venice Film Festival, 1946

Selected in the following festivals :

- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2009

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