Red Bells


Red Bells is a 1982 adventure-drama film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. It was coproduced by Soviet Union, Italy and Mexico. It is the first 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. This chapter focuses on Reed's reportage about 1915 Mexican revolution. It was followed by Red Bells II.

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