The Great Glow

In 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin’s Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of one battalion elect three delegates to travel to St. Petersburg with donations the troops collected for the Pravda newspaper: Gudushauri, Panasiuk and Ershov. The three arrive in the capital and describe the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers live to Joseph Stalin, Lenin’s trusted aid and colleague. They join the Bolsheviks and take part in the storming of the Winter Palace, led by Stalin and Lenin. Stalin announces that the great dawn of revolution has broken.

87min
Released
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Cast

Mikhail Gelovani profile pictureMikhail GelovaniJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Spartak Bagashvili profile pictureSpartak BagashviliGiorgi Gudushauri
Vasiliy Matov profile pictureVasiliy MatovVasily Ershov, soldier
Georgi Sagaradze profile pictureGeorgi SagaradzeTsereteli , Menshevik , Minister of the Provisional Government
Konstantin Zabelin profile pictureKonstantin Zabelinsoldier (uncredited)

About The Great Glow

The Great Glow Overview

In 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin’s Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of one battalion elect three delegates to travel to St. Petersburg with donations the troops collected for the Pravda newspaper: Gudushauri, Panasiuk and Ershov. The three arrive in the capital and describe the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers live to Joseph Stalin, Lenin’s trusted aid and colleague. They join the Bolsheviks and take part in the storming of the Winter Palace, led by Stalin and Lenin. Stalin announces that the great dawn of revolution has broken.

Runtime: 87min

Extra details

Original Title: Великое зарево
Original Language: English
Directed By: Mikheil Chiaureli
Production Companies
Georgia-Film