TWO-BULDI-TWO (1929):

A father and son, both clowns, are to perform together for the first time, but the Civil War separates them. The elder Buldy, tempted for a moment to acquiesce to White forces, casts his lot with the Revolution. At the climax, Buldy Jr. escapes the Whites, thanks to flashy trampoline and trapeze acrobatics.

DVD-r has Russian intertitles with switchable English subtitles. Approx. 64 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!

THE SELF-SEEKER (1929):

Opportunistic Kyivan Apollon Shmyguyev, whose peaceful bourgeois life is interrupted by the Civil War, decides to wait out the trouble in the South of Ukraine, which is under the rule of the Russian White Army. After gathering goods in Kyiv, he goes on a journey with a camel, which somehow had strayed to his house. Midway, he is stopped by the Red Army: the camel gets confiscated for the needs of Revolution and Apollon appears at the disposal of the Bolshevik commissar. Zealous and cunning, Apollon quickly takes lead of the local commissariat. But the ingrained thirst for a profit once again puts his life in danger.

DVD-r has Russian intertitles with switchable English subtitles. Approx. 75 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!