The Great Road
The Great Road (1927) is a Soviet silent documentary directed by Esfir Shub. Serving as the second part of her trilogy on Russian history—between The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927) and Lev Tolstoy and the Russia of Nicolai II (1928)—the film chronicles the revolutionary path of the Soviet Union, assembling archival footage to depict the struggle, transformation, and aspirations of the early Soviet state.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Великий путь |
| Year | 1927 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Esfir Shub |
| Runtime | 114 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 1.0/10 (2 votes) |
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Shub constructs the film as a montage atlas of revolution, relying entirely on archival witness. She explores history through its material fragments, assembling a narrative from the traces of events themselves.
What lingers after viewing is the texture of the era—the faces, the crowds, the machinery of a new state being built frame by frame. It is cinema as historical act. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Esfir Shub
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Watch as a moving museum exhibit, attentively, with focus on the detail of each historical fragment.
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