"From its flickering, inky cinematography to its wavering late 1920's-style sound track, to Veronkha's kohl-eyed vampish look, the movie is an expert parody of a period movie style." New York Times

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An amnesiac soldier, seeking his lost love, arrives in Archangel in northern Russia to help the townsfolk in their fight against the Bolsheviks, all quite unaware that the Great War ended three months ago. Literally a film like no other, this weird, wild and extraordinary photoplay is both melodrama and deadpan parody. With striking black and white cinematography and stylized set design, this recently restored version of Guy Maddin's groundbreaking film tells a tale of obsessive love in the arctic Russian town of Archangel, where Bolsheviks, White Russians and German Huns converge during World War I.

Canada - 1990 - 1h 17m
Directed By: Guy Maddin
Written By: Guy Maddin, George Toles
Starring: Michael Gottli, David Falkenburg, Michael O'Sullivan