Taras's Dream

Сон Тараса

Propaganda movie. Contrasting the cruel orders of the tsarist army with the conditions of service in the Red Army. Taras, a Red Army soldier, accidentally finds a bottle of moonshine. Being tempted, he gets drunk and falls asleep. In his dream Taras sees himself as a soldier of the tsar's army. Having left his post arbitrarily, he finds himself in the apartment of a frivolous girl and here he meets a general.

Director

Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky

Screenplay

Moisey Aleynikov

Status

Released

Release date

23/02/1919

Original language

Russian