What is A Spectre Haunts Europe about?

A SPECTRE HAUNTS EUROPE (PRIZRAK BRODIT PO YEVROPE) 1922, 94 min. Silent with live piano accompaniment. Dir. Vladimir Gardin. The emperor of an imaginary nation goes for a stroll and meets a shepherdess. He finds love, but he also finds torment at the hands of those he’s oppressed. Preceded by the short: “Interplanetary Revolution” (Mezhplanetnaya Revolutsiya), 1924; silent; 9 min. (fragment). Dirs. Z. Komissarenko, U. Merkulov and N. Hodataev. In 1924, the year of Lenin’s death, the Communist Party began to distance itself from the “world revolution” doctrine; therefore the notion of the rising Martian proletariat was just past due, and safe to ridicule.

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What is A Spectre Haunts Europe about?: A SPECTRE HAUNTS EUROPE (PRIZRAK BRODIT PO YEVROPE) 1922, 94 min. Silent with live piano accompaniment. Dir. Vladimir Gardin. The emperor of an imaginary nation goes for a stroll and meets a shepherdess. He finds love, but he also finds torment at the hands of those he’s oppressed.

Preceded by the short: “Interplanetary Revolution” (Mezhplanetnaya Revolutsiya), 1924; silent; 9 min. (fragment). Dirs. Z. Komissarenko, U. Merkulov and N. Hodataev. In 1924, the year of Lenin’s death, the Communist Party began to distance itself from the “world revolution” doctrine; therefore the notion of the rising Martian proletariat was just past due, and safe to ridicule.