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The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
1924
· Movie
· 77 min
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66/100
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A naive American businessman, Mr. West, travels to the Soviet Union with his cowboy bodyguard, bringing his preconceived fears about the "savage" Bolsheviks. He is immediately targeted by a gang of cunning thieves who use his prejudices against him, staging an elaborate charade of a chaotic Russia to rob him blind, satirizing Western misconceptions.
Details
- Director
- Lev Kuleshov
- Writer
- Vsevolod Pudovkin
- Studio
- Goskino
- Released
- 26 April 1924
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 77 min
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