The Bolshevik Trilogy - Three Films by Vsevolod Pudovkin (2 Blu-ray + Booklet)

The Bolshevik Trilogy (Mother / The End of St. Petersburg / Storm over Asia)

Mother (1926)
The labor of workers in factories and plants in Tsarist Russia was an unbearable, hard labor. Life is also hard for the family of the factory worker Vlasov, who tries to brighten up his hopeless life in a drunken stupor in a tavern. It is not easy for his submissive, prematurely aged wife Nilovna, who patiently endures her husband's beatings. The Vlasovs' son Pavel is a revolutionary. He knows where and how to look for the road to workers' truth...

The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
Need brings a village boy to the factory, and participation in a riot leads him to prison. The harsh school of prison and trench life, communication with Bolshevik revolutionaries open the eyes of the former peasant - and he is in the front ranks of soldiers and workers to storm the Winter Palace.

Storm Over Asia (1928)
The film is dedicated to the story of the Mongol Bair, who raised his people to fight against the colonialists. The film's script is based on the work of N. Novokshonov. 1920. English troops occupy Mongolia. An ancient document falls into the hands of a poor hunter, testifying that its owner is a descendant of the great conqueror Genghis Khan. The English declare him a prince, hoping to use him as a puppet in a political game.