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Veter (Ветер)
(The Wind)
Also known as Demon of the Steppes in the USA : [Vasilii Guliavin’s Mistake]
(1926) Soviet Union
B&W : [?] Seven? reels
Directed by Lev Sheffer and Cheslav Sabinskii
Cast: Nikolai Saltykov [Vasilii Guliavin, an army officer], Oxana Podelsaya [Lelka, the bandit queen], Natasha Sokolova [Annushka], Evgenii Vadevin [Michael Stroyev, the Red Army commissar], Ivan Bobrov [the artillery commander], Aleksandr Antonov [a sailor], Aleksandr Timontayev [a sailor], Vladimir Uralskiy [a sailor]
Goskino production; distributed by Sovkino. / Scenario by Abram Room and Nikolai Saltykov, from a work by Boris Lavrenyev. Art direction by Dmitri Kolupayev and Vasili Rakhals. Assistant directors, Aleksandr Shtrizhak and A. Pereguda. Cinematography by Vasili Khvatov. / Released [?] 26 October or 5 November? 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Oshibka Vasilia Guliavina. The film was released in the USA as Demon of the Steppes by Amkino Corporation on 16 January 1930; with English language intertitles by Shelly Hamilton.
Drama.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Russia]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 18 August 2018.
References: Bardèche-History p. 176; Youngblood-Soviet pp. 88, 89, 123, 266, 319 : Website-IMDb.
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