Cain and Artem (1930)
1h 25m
Running Time
June 6, 1930Release Date
Plot.
Pavel Petrov-Bytov was an enfant terrible of the highbrow Leningrad Sovkino film factory. He was notorious for his article “We Have No Soviet Filmmaking,” in which he criticized all the achievements of the Soviet avant-garde. In spite of his beliefs and his scandalous struggle with “bourgeois” and “formalist” filmmaking, Petrov-Bytov directed an aesthetically refined work, shot entirely on set with masterful chiaroscuro lighting: a perfect example of “Soviet expressionism.” Based on a Maxim Gorky story, the plot of Cain and Artem provides a wake-up call to the Russian people to overcome alcoholism and religious factionalism, as it spotlights the (many) drunken denizens of a typical village and their disregard for the Jewish shoemaker Cain.
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Cast & Crew.

Emil Gal
Cain

Nikolai Simonov
Artem

Yelena Yegorova
Woman in the Market Place

Georgiy Uvarov
Husband of Woman in the Market Place

Pavel Petrov-Bytov
Director / Screenplay

Nikolai Ushakov
Director of Photography

Maxim Gorky
Short Story

Isaak Makhlis
Production Design
Details.
Release DateJune 6, 1930
Original NameКаин и Артём
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Genres
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