The Vyborg Side

The Vyborg Side
Directed by	Grigori Kozintsev Leonid Trauberg
Written by	Grigori Kozintsev Leonid Trauberg Lev Slavin
Starring	Boris Chirkov
Cinematography	Andrei Moskvin Georgi Filatov
Studio	Lenfilm
Release date(s)	2 February 1939
Running time	3277 meters (121 minutes)
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Vyborg Side (Russian: Выборгская сторона) is a 1939 Soviet film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg, the final part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. The film was also released in the United States under the title New Horizons.

Following the Russian Revolution, Maksim is appointed state commissar in charge of the national bank. With great efforts, he learns the complexies of the banking trade and begins to fight off sabotaging underlings. Dymba, now a violent enemy of the Republic, tries to rob a wine store but is arrested with Maksim's help. Maksim also exposes a conspiracy of a group of tsarist officers who prepare an attempt against Lenin. He then joins the Red Army in its fight against the German occupation.

Cast

• Boris Chirkov - Maksim
• Valentina Kibardina - Natasha
• Mikhail Zharov - Platon Vassilievich Dymba
• Natalya Uzhviy - Yevdokia Ivanovna Kozlova
• Yuri Tolubeyev - Yegor Bugai
• Anatoli Kuznetsov - Worker's Deputy Turayev
• Boris Zhukovsky - Defense Attorney
• Aleksandr Chistyakov - Mishchenko
• Nikolai Kryuchkov - soldier
• Vasili Merkuryev - student
• Mikheil Gelovani - Stalin
• Leonid Lyubashevsky - Sverdlov
• Maksim Shtraukh - Lenin
• Ivan Nazarov - Lapshin
• Dmitri Dudnikov - Ropshin

External links

• The Vyborg Side at the Internet Movie Database
• Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema By Peter Rollberg