''Golden Beak'' () is a 1928 Soviet

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directed by Yevgeni Chervyakov. Screen version of the eponymous historical novel by Anna Karavaeva. One of the last three Soviet silent films that appeared on the screens in 1929, along with the films

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Plot

The film depicts the harsh and oppressive conditions endured by hundreds of serfs forced to labor at the "Golden Beak" factory during the reign of Emperor Paul I. The factory, a symbol of imperial pride, demands backbreaking work under unbearable conditions. The workers dream of freedom, but their desires are met with cruel suppression by the tsarist administration. Despite the risks, a group of laborers manages to escape, determined to find the mythical Bukhtarma Valley—a promised land spoken of in legends. The fugitives search for the valley, driven by hope and desperation. Upon reaching the cherished Bukhtarma, they establish a free peasant state where they can live without oppression. However, their newfound freedom is short-lived. The imperial authorities, intent on maintaining control, dispatch a punitive expedition to hunt down the escapees. The film portrays the resilience of the oppressed and their yearning for liberation, set against the brutal measures of a regime determined to crush any challenge to its power.

Cast

* A. Yefimov as Stepan * Gennadiy Michurin as Marey * Sergei Minin as Sencha * Mikhail Gipsi as The elder Shushin * Boris Dmokhovsky as The younger Shushin * Pyotr Berezov as Dandy * Boris Livanov as Major Tuchkov *

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as Varenka * Konstantin Gibshman as Factory manager * Antonina Sadovskaya as Manager's wife * Aleksei Bogdanovsky as Foreign specialist * Valeri Plotnikov as Mereykha * A. Galatova as Ksyusha * Leonid Kmit as PeasantЗолотой клюв (1929) Full Cast & Crew
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О Евгении Червякове. Режиссёр экзистенциального кино
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Iskusstvo Kino ''Iskusstvo Kino'' (Russian language, Russian: Искусство кино, ''Film Art'') was a film magazine published in Moscow, Russia. It was one of the earliest magazines in Europe which specialize on film theory and review alongside the Bri ...

1928 films Films directed by Yevgeni Chervyakov 1920s Soviet films 1920s Russian-language films Russian-language historical drama films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet historical drama films 1920s historical drama films Films based on Russian novels 1928 drama films Silent Soviet drama films Lost Soviet films