Red Bells II

Red Bells II
Directed bySergei Bondarchuk
StarringFranco Nero
Sydne Rome
CinematographyVadim Yusov
Edited byClaudio M. Cutry
Music byGeorgy Sviridov
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
CountriesSoviet Union
Italy
Mexico

Red Bells II (also known as 10 Days That Shook the World and Red Bells Part II – I Saw the Birth of the New World; released in the Philippines as Comrade in Arms) is a 1983 adventure-drama film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. It was coproduced by Soviet Union (where it was released as Krasnye kolokola, film vtoroy – Ya videl rozhdenie novogo mira and Krasnye kolokola II), Italy (where is known as I dieci giorni che sconvolsero il mondo) and Mexico (where its title is Campanas rojas II – Rusia 1917). It is the last of a two-part film centered on the life and career of John Reed, the revolutionary communist journalist that had already inspired Warren Beatty's Reds.[1] This chapter focuses on Reed's book Ten Days That Shook the World.[2]

  1. ^ Variety's Film Reviews: 1981–1982. Bowker, 1983. p. 34.
  2. ^ Dale Pollock (22 January 1982). "Soviets Counter Reds With Reed Films". The Bulletin. Retrieved 2 August 2012.