"The Nine Lives of nestor Makhno" - trailer

Promo trailer for the Russian mini series "The Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno", which tells about the leader of the Ukrainian anarchist "Black Army" during the Russian Revolution and civil war.

Here is a translation of the spoken words, taken from anarchistnews.org :

Narrator: (Orthodox Church scene) For some people, the path from the craddle to the grave is clear and simple.

Narrator: (Street w/red flag) And we can easiliy describe them as "bad" or "good."

Narrator: (Chain gang) But there are others, who're so multifarious, so contradictory in their own thoughts and deeds, and (shaking hands with Bolsheviks) their place in history is so convoluted that (vintage footage of
soldiers) noone knows who they really are -- villains or heroes.

Narrator: (Makhno prison footage) And one of these people is Nestor Makhno.

Makhno: I'm an anarchist ["Ya Anarkhyst" with a Ukranian accent]

Narrator: (Makhno & crew shots) Benevolent dreams of liberty, of human fraternity, of their welfare...

Makhno: We're not building merely an island of happiness, we're building a whole world.

Narrator: ...mix together with (execution squad) senseless killings, of sometimes innocent people (shot in the back of the head).

While malice and hatred towards enemies intertwine with an unfathomable grief over murdered children (grenade thrown into house).

Makhno: ..inaudible yelling... Zaraza! Zaraza! (yelling at the purpetrator, calling him names, something like "That disease-ridden fuck!")

Narrator: His army fought everyone under the sun. One day, it would make alliances with yesterday's enemies, while on the next (bolsheviks in office), today's allies betrayed them.

Bolshevik: (in black leather jacket)Makhno's destiny's been decided on. He used to be a fellow traveller of The Revolution. He's become its enemy.

Narrator: All human virtues and weaknesses accompanied Bat'ka Makhno and his army. But the chief aim, the main slogan of his life remained unchangeable...

Makhno: I don't promise you the sweet life! But no matter what, we'll take our freedom!

Narrator: Watch the mini-series, the Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Nestor
• Makhno
• anarchism
• revolution
• 1917
• Russia
• Ukraine
• Lenin
• Trotsky
• Batko

[dju1999]

i'm very curious about this...

crossing my fingers for at least some english subtitles ! :-)

[DL1982AD]

I've added translation for the trailer. Don't know if the DVD comes with subtitles...

[MiddletownDreamz]

Looks like a well made mini-series. High budget.

[scholar51]

?is the theme a real folk song (0:55-1:26) or was just made for the trailer?

[buratino321]

in, Russia and by now in Argentine, Paraguay and USA. Result of constant persecution. They have always been killed because of being reluctant to take a side and to fight. Mennos refuse all types of violence (but many of them beat their women) and so it is easy to plunder their wealth when there is need to fuel a war. Sorry for Your ancestors but it was up to themselves. Living well off in other peoples country invaded by enemies speaking the same language... and refusing to fight... is madness

[buratino321]

of the time, as well as the Austrians. Makhno fought for his own people who were the local slavic peasants. Believing Mennos and Jews were foreigners to them. And yes, their were people of Mennonite or Jewish origin within the Machnowzy. But they had separated themselves from their communities. And don't forget that Mennos have always been the firsts to suffer persecution and expulsion in such times. As the Jews did. Mennonites came from northwwest Germany and Holland, lived in Poland, in Ukrain

[buratino321]

@erinmerle Crap. Makhno's arguments are written down and they were allright. This was a ukrainian peasant war to liberate Ukraine and its people. Of course thousands of Mennonites have been killed and robbed, but what was their weight against the misery of millions of peasants? 3-4000 mennos? 120000 Jews? Do you really expect illiterate rural ukrainian poors to distinguish between high and lower german or yiddish? for them it supposedly sounded all the same and the Germans were the major enemy

[kibuzs0vetsky]

@dju1999 have you found some?? if not would anyone be interested in me translating it and putting on utube??

[2TenAngel]

Wow this looks great. I'm American & I've got every book in english on Makhno.

[Skinhead77Oi69]

Czy można gdzieś ściągnąć ten film ?!?!

Proszę o pomoc!

[Skinhead77Oi69]

Witam , czy ktoś ma ten film zrzucony gdzieś ?>

[URProductions]

@URProductions I said they were dirt poor I didn't say they were dirty, and they ain't. Listen, I'm getting tired of this bullshit, do you want me to come over there and kick your ass?

[URProductions]

@Brenomishima Um, actually no, he and his family were dirt poor farmers. They impaled one of my great-great-uncles with a pitch fork against a barn and chopped off the other's fingers inch by inch. So, um, if human life wasn't worth a thing how exactly did doing these things change that?