
Mother (Mat)
- Directed by
- Vsevolod Pudovkin
- Starring
- Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov, Aleksandr Christyakov
- Duration
- 89 min.
- Year
- 1926
Mother by Vsevolod Pudovkin is a seminal work in Soviet cinema, showcasing his masterful use of montage and symbolism. Based on Maxim Gorky’s novel, this film is the first in Pudovkin’s revolutionary trilogy and depicts a mother, Pelageya, navigating the Russian Revolution of 1905. As her abusive husband is killed during a strike and her son Pavel is imprisoned, Pelageya’s desperate efforts to save him lead her down a path of radicalization.
