Chapev

Chapev was a very appealing movie. It had many of the elements of modern day films such as sound, a hero/heroine, a love story, a complicated plot, and a villian. I believe these qualities greatly influenced the Russian public to be fond fo the film. I also believe it was able to portray the realistically portray the ideal Soviet which probabaly gave hope to many of the Russian people.

It was nearly necessary for this movie to utlize sound because of the various levels of plots and action. Near the end of Chapev's speech to his troops, one of his militia ask him what side he is on and he is unable to answer. After that callout, Furmanov is able to inform him what party Stalin supports and Chapev simply agrees with that. Sound really adds to the battle scenes not only because you can hear the roar of the guns but you are able to hear the uproar of the soldiers.

I also throughly enjoyed Chapev's character. He fronted as such a hard, stern commander but there were many scences that showed that he had a great heart. This is highlighted with his relationship with Furmanov. In the beginning, he is very hesistant to bulid a realtionship with Furmanov and rejects many of his ideas and advances; however, as the film continues he begins to warm up to the wise Furmanov and they become brothers, a theme relevant in many of the propagandistic films we've watched in class. Their brotherhood enables great things to happened for Chapev. We also see that during the final battle, Chapev would rather stay and fight for his fellow brother than endanger the young Petka and his love Anka.

This film forms a great plot and really grabs at some core emotions which allows us to really relate to the film and the message it sets out to deliver.