Fragment of an Empire

Fridrikh Ermler, Sovkino, 1929. Filimonov (Fyodor Nikitin), a shell-shocked soldier, loses his memory in 1914 and comes to in a city that is no longer St. Petersburg. His wife has another life; the factory has another name; he has to learn Leningrad. Ermler and cinematographer Gleb Bushtuev make the streets the shock. Gosfilmofond restorations, including a later digital pass, are how it is shown: a late silent about waking up after the map has changed.