Penal Servitude

Early Soviet prison camp depiction set to the years of Revolution.

Country Soviet Union

Production Country Soviet Union

Language Russian

Spoken Language Russian

Gnere Drama

Production Company Gosvoenkino

Release Date 28 November 1928

72 mins

Cast

Andrei Zhilinsky Ilya Berts, convicts foreman

Pavel Tamm Peshekhonov

Vladimir Taskin Illarion Ostrobeylo, prison director

Mikhail Yanshin Telegraph operator

Vladimir Popov Chernyak, warden

Ivan Lavrov (uncredited)

Boris Lifanov Katulski

Crew

Director

Yuli Raizman

Writer

Sergey Yermolinsky

Cinematography

Leonid Kosmatov

Art Direction

Vasily Komardenkov