''Red Bells II'' (also known as ''10 Days That Shook the World'' and ''Red Bells Part II – I Saw the Birth of the New World''; released in the Philippines as ''Comrade in Arms'') is a 1983 adventure-drama film directed by

Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker of Ukrainian origin who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping p ...

. It was coproduced by Soviet Union (where it was released as ''Krasnye kolokola, film vtoroy – Ya videl rozhdenie novogo mira'' and ''Krasnye kolokola II''), Italy (where it is known as ''I dieci giorni che sconvolsero il mondo'') and Mexico (where its title is ''Campanas rojas II – Rusia 1917''). It is the last of a two-part film centered on the life and career of John Reed, the revolutionary communist journalist that had already inspired

Warren Beatty Henry Warren Beatty (né Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career has spanned over six decades, and he has received an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. He also received the Irving G. Thalberg Memor ...

's ''

Reds Reds may refer to: General * Red (political adjective), supporters of Communism or socialism * ''Reds'' (film), a 1981 American film starring and directed by Warren Beatty * Reds (January Uprising), a faction of the Polish insurrectionists duri ...

''. This chapter focuses on Reed's book ''Ten Days That Shook the World''.

Plot

Set in 1913, a tumultuous and bloody year for the Mexican people, the story unfolds during the height of the Mexican Revolution. American journalist John Reed travels to the northern border region to report on the unfolding conflict. Meanwhile, peasant armies led by

Emiliano Zapata Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the insp ...

in the south and

Francisco "Pancho" Villa Francisco "Pancho" Villa ( , , ; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in the revolutionary movement that forced ...

in the north launch fierce campaigns to capture the capital, held by dictator

Victoriano Huerta José Victoriano Huerta Márquez (; 23 December 1850 – 13 January 1916) was a Mexican general, politician, engineer and dictator who was the 39th President of Mexico, who came to power by coup against the democratically elected government of ...

Cast

Franco Nero Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film '' Django'' (1966), which made him a pop cul ...

as John Reed *

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as Louise Bryant *

Olegar Fedoro Olegar Fedoro ( ''né'' Olegár Pablo Fedóro; ; born 6 March 1958) is a Ukrainian-born former Soviet performer who later became a Spanish and then English actor. He enrolled in the acclaimed VGIK Film School (All-Russian State University of ...

as Colonel Polkovnikov * Anatoli Ustyzhaninov as

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...

Bohdan Stupka Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka (; 27 August 1941 – 22 July 2012) was a Ukrainian actor and minister of culture of Ukraine. He was born in Kulykiv, General Government to Ukrainian parents. In 2001, he was a member of the jury at the 23rd Moscow I ...

Alexander Kerensky Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky ( – 11 June 1970) was a Russian lawyer and revolutionary who led the Russian Provisional Government and the short-lived Russian Republic for three months from late July to early November 1917 ( N.S.). After th ...

* Valery Barinov as

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Release

''Red Bells II'' was released in the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

in 1983. In the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

, the film was released as ''Comrade in Arms'' by Movierama International on July 29, 1988.

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