List of Soviet films of 1929

A list of films produced in the Soviet Union in 1929 (see 1929 in film).

1929

Title Original title Director Cast Genre Notes
1929
Arsenal Арсенал Alexander Dovzhenko[1] Semen Svashenko, Mykola Nademsky War film [2]
The Blue Express Голубой экспресс Ilya Trauberg Sergei Minin Drama [3]
Comet Комета Valéry Inkijinoff Galina Kravchenko, Pyotr Repnin, N.P. Belyaev Drama Lost film
Flag of a Nation Флаг нации Vladimir Shmidtgof Boris Azarov, Sergei Minin, Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov Drama
Fragment of an Empire Обломок империи Fridrikh Ermler Emil Gal, Sergey Gerasimov Drama [4][5]
The General Line Старое и новое Sergei Eisenstein Marfa Lapkina Drama [6][7][8]
The Happy Canary Веселая канарейка Lev Kuleshov Galina Kravchenko, Andrey Fayt, Ada Vojtsik, Sergey Komarov Adventure [4][9]
An Hour with Chekhov Чины и люди Mikhail Doller, Yakov Protazanov Mikhail Tarkhanov, Mariya Strelkova, Andrey Petrovsky, Ivan Moskvin Comedy [9][10][11]
The House on the Volcano Дом на вулкане Hamo Beknazarian Hrachia Nersisyan, T. Ayvazyan, Tatyana Makhmuryan Drama [12][13]
The Lame Gentleman Хромой барин Konstantin Eggert Mikhail Klimov Drama [14]
The Last Attraction Последний аттракцион Ivan Pravov, Olga Preobrazhenskaya Naum Rogozhin, Raisa Puzhnaya, Alexander Sashin, Ivan Bykov Adventure [15][16][17][18]
The Living Corpse Живой труп Fyodor Otsep Vsevolod Pudovkin, Maria Jacobini, Viola Garden Drama [19][20]
Man with a Movie Camera Человек с киноаппаратом Dziga Vertov Documentary, experimental [21][22][23]
My Grandmother Chemi bebia Kote Mikaberidze Aleksandre Takaishvili, Bella Chernova Comedy, experimental
The New Babylon Новый Вавилон Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg Yelena Alexandrovna Kuzmina, Pyotr Sobolevsky, Sergei Gerasimov, Vsevolod Pudovkin History, drama [24][25]
Post Почта Mikhaïl Tsekhanovskii Animation, short [26][27]
Road into the World Дорога в мир Boris Shpis Valeriy Solovtsov, Yanina Zhejmo, Alexander Zavyalov History
Saba Саба Mikheil Chiaureli Aleksandre Jaliashvili, Veriko Anjaparidze Drama [28][29][30]
In Spring Весной Mikhail Kaufman Documentary [31][32]
Third Youth Третья молодость Vladimir Shmidtgof Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov, Nikolay Lebedev, Andrei Lavrentiev Comedy Lost film
Turksib Турксиб Viktor Alexandrovitsh Turin Documentary [33][34][35]
Two-Buldi-Two Два-Бульди-два Nina Agadzhanova, Lev Kuleshov Sergey Komarov, Vladimir Kochetov, Anel Sudakevich Drama [36][37][38]

See also

References

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