The Self-Seeker - 1929

An opportunistic Kyivan Apollon Shmyguyev, whose peaceful bourgeois life is interrupted by the civil war, decides to wait out the trouble in the South of Ukraine, which is under the rule of the Russian White Army. After gathering left off goods on Andriyivskyi descent in Kyiv, he goes on a journey with a camel, which somehow had strayed to his house. In the midway he is stopped by the Red Army: the camel gets confiscated for the needs of revolution, and Apollon appears in the disposal of the Bolshevik commissar. Zealous and cunning, Apollon quickly takes lead of the local commissariat. But the ingrained thirst for a profit once again puts his life in danger.

78min
1929
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.9/10

Cast

Luka Lyashenko profile pictureLuka LyashenkoHead of Partisans
Ivan Sadovskyi profile pictureIvan SadovskyiApollon Z. Shmyguiev 'Shkurnyk'

About The Self-Seeker

The Self-Seeker Overview

An opportunistic Kyivan Apollon Shmyguyev, whose peaceful bourgeois life is interrupted by the civil war, decides to wait out the trouble in the South of Ukraine, which is under the rule of the Russian White Army. After gathering left off goods on Andriyivskyi descent in Kyiv, he goes on a journey with a camel, which somehow had strayed to his house. In the midway he is stopped by the Red Army: the camel gets confiscated for the needs of revolution, and Apollon appears in the disposal of the Bolshevik commissar. Zealous and cunning, Apollon quickly takes lead of the local commissariat. But the ingrained thirst for a profit once again puts his life in danger.

Runtime: 78min

Extra details

Original Title: Шкурник
Original Language: Ukrainian
Directed By: Mykola Shpykovskyi
Production Companies
VUFKU (All-Ukrainian Photo-Cinema Administration)