''Outskirts'' (, meaning "fringe" or "periphery"), also known in English as ''The Patriots'' or by the

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Russian title ''Okraina'', is a 1933

Soviet film The cinema of the Soviet Union includes films produced by the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history, albeit they were all regulated by the central government in Moscow. ...

directed by

Boris Barnet Boris Vasilyevich Barnet (; 18 June 1902 – 8 January 1965) was a Soviet film director, actor and screenwriter of British heritage. He directed 27 films between 1927 and 1963. Barnet was awarded the title Merited Artist of the Russian Federa ...

Plot summary

In a small town in a remote part of the

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, factory workers struggle to organize against the owners. When

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

comes, they unite as soldiers of the

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on the Eastern Front. Local girl Anka forges a relationship with a German

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. The film criticises war profiteers, and encourages workers to reach out to one another across national lines. In 1917, the Tsar is forced to abdicate following the

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Cast

*Sergey Komarov — Alexander P. Greshin * Elena Kuzmina — Anka Greshina *Robert Erdmann — Robert Karlovich, tenant *Alexander Chistyakov — Pyotr Kadkin *

Nikolay Bogolyubov Nikolay Nikolayevich (Mykola Mykolayovych) Bogolyubov (; ; 21 August 1909 – 13 February 1992) was a Soviet, Ukrainian and Russian mathematician and theoretical physicist known for a significant contribution to quantum field theory, classi ...

— Nikolai Kadkin * Nikolai Kryuchkov — Senka Kadkin *

Mikhail Zharov Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (; 27 October 1899 – 15 December 1981) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1974). He studied under the prominent director Theodo ...

— Kraevich *

Hans Klering Hans Karl Klering (8 November 1906 – 30 October 1988) was a German actor, director, voice actor, graphic designer and author. He joined the Communist Party and went into exile in the Soviet Union in 1931, returning to Germany in 1945. In 1946, h ...

— Mueller, a German prisoner of war *Alexander Zhukov — policeman *Vladimir Ural — Cabby * Andrew Veit — a German prisoner * Mikhail Yanshin — soldier

References

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* 1933 films 1933 war films 1930s war drama films 1930s Soviet films 1930s Russian-language films Films directed by Boris Barnet Soviet war drama films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet World War I films World War I films set on the Eastern Front Russian Revolution films Russian World War I films Films scored by Sergei Vasilenko Russian-language war drama films German-language war films {{WWI-drama-film-stub