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Comrade Abram
Comrade Abram

COMRADE ABRAM

Tovarishch Abram | Товарищ Абрам

Directed by Aleksandr Razumnyj
Russia, 1919
Short, Drama, Silent

Synopsis

Short propaganda film. A Jew who survives a pogrom becomes a leader in the Red Army. Intended to indoctrinate by showing heroic examples of conversion to the Revolutionary cause. A rare portrait of a Jewish character in early Russian cinema.

Synopsis

Short propaganda film. A Jew who survives a pogrom becomes a leader in the Red Army. Intended to indoctrinate by showing heroic examples of conversion to the Revolutionary cause. A rare portrait of a Jewish character in early Russian cinema.