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Commissioned by the Soviet government to produce a film celebrating the 1918 Bolshevik workers revolution, director Alexander Dovzhenko instead produced a film about the Ukrainian Civil War that turned out to be anything but an exercise in propaganda. Set in the aftermath of Word War I, a soldier returns home to Kiev to find himself at odds with the city’s authorities as he advocates for the adoption of the Soviet System. Described by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum as “a white hot war film,” Arsenal ranks alongside Battleship Potemkin as one of the masterpieces of Soviet silent cinema. This is a free but ticketed event. To guarantee your reservation, please pick-up your will call tickets at least 15 minutes before your event.