John Reed is een links-radicale journalist ten tijde van de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Tijdens een spreekbeurt ontmoet hij de feministe Louise Bryant, die getrouwd is met een saaie tandarts. Louise laat haar man in de steek en trekt met Reed naar Greenwich Village in New York, waar ze in radicale linkse kringen terecht komt.
The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. A pale young, newly educated doctor arrives. Having to deal with one medical challenge after another he soon becomes the center of everyone's attention. To soothe the impressions of human suffering he turns to morphine.
Vladimir Iljitsj Oeljanov, beter bekend als Lenin, wordt herinnerd als de aanstichter van de Oktoberrevolutie van 1917 en daarom als een van de mannen die de vorm van de wereld in die tijd en voor altijd veranderden, maar misschien gebeurden de feitelijke gebeurtenissen op een andere manier dan verteld in de geschiedenisboeken...
An account of the peasant turned mythical military hero Vasily Chapayev, charting his campaign in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
Benio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her grandfather to a young officer named Shinobu Ijuin. Because of his family’s noble status, Benio must first undergo rigorous training to learn how to be a proper bride and wife before she can marry. However, because of her vivacious personality, this proves to me more challenging than anyone imagined.
A young ordinary communist, Vasiliy Gubanov, was among many who took part in the construction of the most important facility for the young republic, the power plant. He did his job in a way that was beyond human ability. He could love, too, with a passion and a passion for self, but his life was cut short very early.
A chronicle of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from the bourgeois democratic February Revolution to the great socialist October Revolution and the final triumph.
1920. Russische Burgeroorlog. Operatie van GubCheka (Sovjetpolitie) om een van de bendes in Oekraïne te vernietigen.
Het epische verhaal van de Russische Burgeroorlog (1918-1921): de Witte Terreur, de contrarevolutionaire opstanden, de guerrillaoorlog, het Kolchak-front, het Wrangel-front en de opstand in Kronstadt. Chaos en geweld, verwoesting en dood.
A historical drama about the Communist leader Sergey Lazo.
A film version of the play which captures the brilliant performance by the Ukrainian actor, Mariya Hadubyak at the play’s world premiere in 2023 @ Montreal’s La Sala Rossa. She brought the audience to tears and their feet. Written and directed by Norman Nawrocki, the play was part of the 16th annual Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival. On stage, Hadubyak portrays the extraordinary real life Marusya Nikiforova (1885–1919), a fearless and feared, bad ass, Ukrainian woman anarchist and feminist military leader.