| Sickle and Hammer | |
| Director: | Vladimir Gardin |
| Cinematography: | Eduard Tisse |
| Studio: | VFKO |
| Country: | Russia |
Sickle and Hammer (ru|Серп и молот|Serp i molot) is a 1921 Russian silent drama film directed by Vladimir Gardin.[1] It is an agit-film that is longer than the usual at six reels because the norm is two reels only or twenty minutes.[2] The story is about a peasant worker who went to the city to become a factory worker, then he eventually fights in the World War and after this, he returns to his own village as a Red Army commander.[3]
Fleeing from the family of the wealthy peasant Kulak, the farm laborer Andrei, along with his beloved Agasha Gorbova and her brother Petr from a poor peasant family, moves to the capital, Moscow, in search of work. After securing a job, Andrei marries Agasha. However, World War I and then the October Revolution separate the couple for a long time.