The Self-Seeker
1929 · 78 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 61 VOTES · DIR. Mykola Shpykovskyi
Overview
An 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 left off goods on Andriyivskyi descent in Kyiv, he goes on a journey with a camel, which somehow had strayed to his house. In the midway he is stopped by the Red Army: the camel gets confiscated for the needs of revolution, and Apollon appears in 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 137 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 Shkurnik (a person seeking personal advantage)
00:00:25 Artist: Solomon Zaritsky
00:01:08 Part 1
00:03:20 It is a pity to throw away goods - let's find a horse
00:07:26 Where are you, daddy? .. Who'll be the driver?
00:13:48 Documents!
00:15:55 A camel with sugar has been requisitioned
00:18:43 and to finish as quickly as possible
00:20:55 Go to the office
00:23:18 What kind of food ration is this? Not even enough to hang myself.
00:28:05 Get down, you yokel
00:30:30 Bring in the arrested (Colonel - D. Kapka)
00:33:17 Who taught that dirty muzzle of yours to spy?
00:35:52 Is there nothing on politics?
00:41:01 Performing cartage duty your help in the struggle against devastation
00:44:31 I have the honor to appear, Comrade Commissar!
00:45:45 Disperse, saboteurs - or I'll shoot!
00:48:44 Alright, we'll be using you ...
00:50:08 Round-up!
00:52:41 What is it made from?
00:55:55 Bootleggers brought a camel
01:00:16 What are you! Perish the thought ... I'm ...
01:04:05 Part 7
01:15:48 musical supervision: Tatyana Ostrovskaya