# Arsenal (1929)

> A visually radical Ukrainian silent epic turns one soldier’s homecoming into a convulsive portrait of postwar ruin and revolutionary struggle.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/60995

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Drama, War
- Director: Alexander Dovzhenko
- Cast: Semyon Svashenko, Amvrosii Buchma, Dmytro Erdman, Sergey Petrov, Mykola Kuchynskyi, Mykola Nademskyi, Borys Zahorskyi, Osyp Merlatti
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019649/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: bleak, grotesque, politically charged, silent cinema night, film history study

## Synopsis

A soldier returns home only to find his country in turmoil and his past haunting him.

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