The History of the Civil War

The History of the Civil War

94 mins | Documentary, History | June 1, 1921

The epic story of the Russian Civil War (1918-21): the White Terror, the counterrevolutionary uprisings, the guerrilla war, the Kolchak front, the Wrangel front and the Kronstadt rebellion. Chaos and violence, devastation and death.

The History of the Civil War

94 mins | Documentary, History | June 1, 1921

The History of the Civil War
The epic story of the Russian Civil War (1918-21): the White Terror, the counterrevolutionary uprisings, the guerrilla war, the Kolchak front, the Wrangel front and the Kronstadt rebellion. Chaos and violence, devastation and death.
Producers Moscow Cine Committee of the People’s Commissariat of Education
Original title История гражданской войны
Directors Dziga Vertov
Writers

Cast

Leon Trotsky

as Self - Soviet Politician

Nicolai Kazadanov

as Self - Soviet Officer

Konstantin Mekhonoshin

as Self - Soviet Officer

Innocenti Kozhevnikov

as Self - Soviet Officer

Fyodor Raskolnikov

as Self - Soviet Officer

Filipp Mironov

as Self - Soviet Officer

Ian Poluian

as Self - Soviet Politician

Konstantin Bulatkin

as Self - Soviet Officer

Ivar Smilga

as Self - Soviet Officer

Nestor Makhno

as Self - Black Army Commander

Sergei Zakharov

as Self - Soviet Officer

Vasily Chapayev

as Self - Soviet Officer

Grigory Zinoviev

as Self - Soviet Politician

Alexander Kolchak

as Self - White Army Commander

Sergei Ordzhonikidze

as Self - Soviet Officer

Sergei Kirov

as Self - Soviet Officer

Kliment Voroshilov

as Self - Soviet Officer

Semyon Budyonny

as Self - Soviet Officer

Mikhail Kalinin

as Self - Soviet Officer

Mikhail Tukhachevsky

as Self - Soviet Officer

Grigory Petrovsky

as Self - Soviet Politician