Five Minutes

The news of the death of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin shocked the whole world. The working people of England and France, Spain and China, Africa and America in the great sorrows bowed their heads. January 27, 1924 at four o'clock in the afternoon, when in Moscow, on Red Square, the Soviet people buried Lenin, in everything work stopped for five minutes. Plants and factories stopped, stopped the movement of trains, ships and cars. This day is large American concessionaire should have made a good deal with a representative of one of the countries of the East. On the way, the Chinese driver stopped his car for five minutes. These minutes decided the success of the millionth deal. But no persuasion, bribery and threats to the concessionaire could force the driver to continue driving.

Directed by Aleksandr Balagin, Georgi Zelondzhev-Shipov, Five Minutes leans on a strong ensemble — Pavel Poltoratskiy, Ivan Chuvelyov, Van Min-Si — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about action titles of 1929.