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Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World

The second part of Soviet filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk's epic biography of John Reed. It is October 1917 and the American journalist has found himself and his wife, Louise Bryant, in Petrograd on the eve of the Bolshevik revolution.

Top Cast

  • Franco Nero

    Franco Nero

    John Reed

  • Anatoly Ustyzhaninov

    Anatoly Ustyzhaninov

    Vladimir Lenin

  • Sydne Rome

    Sydne Rome

    Louise Bryant

  • Bohdan Stupka

    Bohdan Stupka

    Alexander Kerensky

  • Valeriy Barinov

    Valeriy Barinov

    Nikolai Podvoisky

  • Irina Skobtseva

    Irina Skobtseva

    Countess Panina

  • Olegar Fedoro

    Olegar Fedoro

    Colonel Polkovnikov

  • Boris Belyakov

    Boris Belyakov

    Nikitin

  • Liliya Gurova

    Liliya Gurova

    conductor

Overview

The second part of Soviet filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk's epic biography of John Reed. It is October 1917 and the American journalist has found himself and his wife, Louise Bryant, in Petrograd on the eve of the Bolshevik revolution.

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