Introduction to the story "We are from Cranstadt"

Introduction to the story "We are from Cranstadt" | Appreciation | Reflection

1936 black-and-white film 98 minutes.

Produced by Moscow Film Studio of the Soviet Union.

Director: Efim Jigan Screenplay: Voshervolod vishnevskiy Photography: Nahoum Na Umov-Strash Main Actors: Vasily Zai Chekov (as Martynov) Ge Bushuyev (as Archin Barasov) Peter kirilov (as Valentine).

The film won the second prize of Stalin Prize.

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19 19 in June, the newly established Soviet Republic was in danger of being strangled by enemies at home and abroad.

Cranstadt is the "gateway" to Petrograd and the window of the Baltic Sea. It is a granite fortress at sea, shouldering the heavy responsibility of defense and standing in the stormy waves.

Martinoff, an old Bolshevik, 190 1 joined the Party and was ordered to be the political commissar of a capital ship of the Baltic Fleet. At first everyone ignored him. When the new political commissar gave a lecture to the fleet, sailors Arqing Barasov and guitarist Valentin BesLavanyi not only didn't listen carefully, but also asked, "Why is bread distributed so little?" The political commissar told them: "The grain feeds the workers, children and artists who defend Leningrad." The political commissar's affectionate words stabilized everyone's mood and everyone began to pay tribute to him.

The warships of foreign interveners are constantly cruising in the Baltic Sea. The enemy tried to land in Cranstadt, in order to cooperate with the white bandit troops at home to attack Petrograd. The sailors stationed at the sea fortress bravely beat back the enemy ships committed in the future again and again.

Petrograd is very nervous. The sailors volunteered to join the infantry. Martynov led a team composed of Arqing, Valentine and others to meet the infantry at the front of the coast.

In front of a house with a kindergarten sign (which used to be a noble house), A Qing found a beautiful woman she met in the street not long ago. At that time, he and Valentine fought a battle with Vasily, the infantry who pursued her. At this moment, A Qing met her again, which was a great surprise. He hurried forward and called "Miss". Kindergarten aunt "Miss" gave him a dissatisfied look and went into the room without paying attention.

The skirmisher line of the sailor squadron captured the second line at first, but when the enemy dispatched tanks, they were forced to retreat to the reserve line guarded by the infantry regiment. The political commissar shouted: "members, stop!" Infantry Vasily heroically blew up a tank, and his actions educated the sailors who were forced to retreat. Everyone fights together in Qixin. Infantry captain Draudin's team was ordered to move to the left, blocking the road to Petrograd. He ordered the sailors to stay in the coastal areas.

The enemy mixed regiment attacked the sailors again and again, but at first they were all beaten back. Later, Martinoff's machine gun jammed. He ordered hand-to-hand combat with grenades, and the sailors fell down one after another. Finally, Martynov, Arqing and Valenkin were unfortunately captured. The white army tied their hands behind their backs and asked who was a member of * * *. Martinoff stood up without hesitation, and others followed. The enemy escorted them to the cliff by the sea and hung a heavy stone around their necks. Valentine was the first person to be executed. When he said goodbye to Arqing, he suddenly found an enemy soldier holding his guitar. He dashed to the front, kicked off the guitar in the hands of enemy soldiers, and then jumped into the sea. Martinoff also died peacefully. A Qing was placed last. After being tied, he pulled out a Finnish knife from his pocket with all his strength. When he jumped into the sea with a knife in his hand, he shouted, "Long live the Baltic Fleet!" "

Arqing then swam quietly to the coast. He cut the rope with a knife and jumped into the deep sea to find his comrades. He carried Martinoff's body up, laid him flat on the beach first, then untied his rope, took out his party card and put it in his pocket. Then A Qing put the body of the political commissar in a short pit and buried it with stones. He also picked up three navy hats washed away by the waves and put them on the rocks as a souvenir.

Arqing peeled off a white army officer's long coat from the ruins of the corpse and put it on him. He touched the kindergarten at night and happened to meet a beautiful woman he liked. The woman hurriedly took out a set of women's clothes and changed them for him. She said to him, "Go out and inform Cranstadt." After disguised as a woman, Arqing quickly left in a rowboat.

Draudin's infantry regiment is in danger. They were trapped in the encirclement of the enemy. The infantry regiment has been calling Cranstadt, but the contact has been interrupted.

Arqing went through all kinds of hardships to return to Cranstadt. He handed over the party card of the political commissar and reported with deep sorrow: "All the commanders and fighters have died. In order to defend Petrograd, we Cranstadt fought to the last drop of blood! " Then Arqing told his superiors that the infantry regiment needed urgent support. So the Baltic Fleet-destroyers, cruisers, and the capital ships of the Kranstadt fortress port were all dispatched, and Arqing stood on the turret of the capital ship to lead the way.

The Petrograd Infantry Regiment is still struggling, and they keep asking Kranstadt for help. There are not many soldiers left. The musicians on the team also went into battle. There are fewer and fewer infantry fighting in Vietnam, and the only musicians left are trumpeters. The white army's skirmisher line approached the front line and hand-to-hand combat began.

The Baltic Marine Corps from Cranstadt landed at the place where Martynov and others died. They captured the strategic stronghold of the White Army with lightning speed and blocked the way for the White Army to break through. The Petrograd Infantry Regiment was finally cleared.

Sailor Arqing met infantry Vasily, and they embraced each other warmly. At this moment, A Qing saw the beauty again, and he couldn't help shouting "Miss". Until this moment, Vassili told A Qing that this "young lady" was the wife of their head of infantry, Zhuowujin.

Arqing and his comrades drove the white bandit troops to the edge of the cliff and pushed them all into the sea. Arqing's majestic expression seemed to say, "Look who dares to invade Petrograd!"

Distinguish and appreciate

"We are from Kranstadt" is one of the classic works of Soviet film art, which realistically reproduces the tragic page of sailors defending the revolution and struggling hard with the white bandit troops during the Soviet Civil War. The creator created a heroic group image of a revolutionary collective with strong colors. This magnificent revolutionary film highlights the historical facts of how sailors and workers, under the leadership of the Bolshevik Party, defeated the invading enemy with firm revolutionary will and heroism just after the victory of the revolution. Today, the Soviet film media agree that this film plays an important role in the history of Soviet film.

First of all, it should be pointed out that the success of this film is inseparable from the achievement of the screenplay, which is attributed to the creator of the screenplay. Vishnevskiy, the screenwriter of the play, was originally a well-known stage screenwriter. Started to write plays from 1920. He has made great achievements in the creation of stage plays. Many of his plays were later made into films. And "We're from Cranstadt" is a script he created specifically for shooting. Because vishnevskiy is not familiar with film shooting, before he started to write a script, he specially studied and studied the characteristics of the film, and fully considered the difference between a stage play and a movie script. To this end, vishnevskiy also made close contact with director Jigan, who is preparing to shoot this film, and exchanged views on this film together. In the process of script creation, both the screenwriter and the director visited the historical sites and the people on the fleet. They also personally participated in military exercises to experience the grim atmosphere of that era emotionally and seek the image of future films.

Vishnevskiy, the playwright, wrote many letters with Jigan, the director, constantly explaining his thoughts on the film and exchanging views with the director. In his screenplay, he carefully designed the objects of expression: environment, objects, character modeling, details, atmosphere and pictures. Vishnevskiy also attaches great importance to voice. In his letter to the director, he said: "I have been thinking about acoustics, the main theme of acoustics, the overall acoustic image and various acoustic images." In his screenplay, he not only hinted at the voice image of the people concerned, but also hinted at the voice image of the sea and the wind, as well as the voice of the troops acting and the different voices in the battle. He also provides music design. This is extremely rare among playwrights who write plays. All this is in line with historical authenticity and completely convincing. It can be said that he provided a very detailed director design in the script, which provided a good foundation for film shooting. This film is also recognized as a model of close cooperation between screenwriters and directors in the history of Soviet film, which makes sense.

This film depicts the image of a fighting group, and it is the image of a revolutionary sailor who defended the Baltic Fleet in Petrograd, Red in June 19 19. While shaping the image of the fighting collective, it also created several vivid three-dimensional portraits. The two are organically combined. After watching the film, the audience was not only moved by the fearless spirit and heroic deeds of the revolutionary collective, but also remembered the vivid and immortal images of several revolutionaries, such as political commissar Martynov, Sailor Arqing, "guitarist" Valentine and infantry Vasily.

The hero of the film is a sailor, by extension, Cranstadt, and then the revolutionary army. These main characters in the film are played by actors who first appeared on the screen. Their performances are simple, natural, vivid and credible.

In the process of shooting, we pay great attention to the authenticity of the environment. Photographers strive to find natural scenery that conforms to the real situation, but in order to convey the dark clouds and the dim colors of the sea and sky, photographers always shoot in the early morning and dusk, which brings certain difficulties to shooting. Composers also try to find true tones, scales and tunes to express the grim atmosphere of the times.

This film shows the poetic image of the revolutionary era in the 1920s. It reproduces the magnificent scenes of the people and provides vivid and accurate modeling, vivid and simple characters and rich pictures. It can be said that this film overcomes the limitations of silent films: trivial montage division, artificial drama, limitations of indoor drama and exaggeration of performance. However, this film inherits the excellent tradition of silent film culture in the1920s and integrates it with the new achievements in the191930s. From this film, we can see the important feature of Soviet film art in 1930s: high * * *. Some film critics in the Soviet Union believe that the creator tried to combine "a movie with a vast space" with profound screen characterization. When movies show the internal relationship between historical events and characters, they show the integrity and uniqueness of art. How to reflect the new face of revolution and revolutionary people from the screen is a new topic discussed by film creators in the 1930s. In this regard, this film has made remarkable achievements and provided an example for future filmmakers to learn.

1936, We Are From Cranstadt attracted people's attention when it was released in Prague, Manchester and Paris. The film was released in Spain and even more successful.