Torn Boots
Genres
Overview
Working with children led Barskaya to create superb direct sound and an inspired style of shooting. Don’t look for conventional cinematic syntax here. The film is chaotic in the way that Soviet films still knew how to be, and Langlois couldn’t help but be seduced by its rebellious spirit, its anarchy and love of children, comparable to Vigo’s Zero de conduite. As well as being a film made with and for children, it offers a complex take on Western society. Pre-Nazi Germany is not named as such but is carefully reconstructed, possibly under advice from Karl Radek, and children offer a playful reflection of class struggle – doubly excluded, as proletarians and as minors. “They play in the same way that they live”, one intertitle says. The interaction between their comical games and the yet more ludicrous ones played by adults is developed on several levels.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
85 min
Release Date
1933-12-17
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
1
Mikhail Klimov
Pastor
Ivan Novoseltsev
Valter's father
Varvara Alyokhina
School teacher
Klavdiya Polovikova
Blind woman
Vladimir Uralskiy
Police agent
Lev Losev
Nikolay Losev
Anna Chekulaeva
Valter's mother
Natalia Sadovskaya
Olga Bazanova
(uncredited)
Georgi Millyar
Passerby (uncredited)
Volodymyr Mikhajlov
Passerby (uncredited)
Aleksandr Timontayev
Policeman (uncredited)
Evgeniy Tokmakov
(uncredited)
Nikolai Yarochkin
Worker (uncredited)
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