

Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982, Russian. Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk.
The second part of Soviet filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk's epic biography of John Reed. It is October 1917 and the American journalist has found himself and his wife, Louise Bryant, in Petrograd on the eve of the Bolshevik revolution.
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Sergei BondarchukDirector
- Franco NeroJohn Reed
- Anatoly UstyzhaninovVladimir Lenin
- Sydne RomeLouise Bryant
- Bohdan StupkaAlexander Kerensky
- Valeriy BarinovNikolai Podvoisky
- Irina SkobtsevaCountess Panina
- Olegar FedoroColonel Polkovnikov
- Boris BelyakovNikitin
- Liliya Gurovaconductor
- Nikolai BoyarskyGeneral
- Yuriy SokolovEremeev - newspaper employee
- Sergey DorogovRed Army soldier
Details
- Released
- 18 October 1982
- Original title
- Красные колокола. Я видел рождение нового мира. Фильм второй.
- Country
- Italy, Mexico, Soviet Union
- Written by
- Antonio Saguera, Sergei Bondarchuk
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What should I watch before Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World?
Watch Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames (1982) first.
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Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World runs 139 minutes (2h 19m).
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Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 October 1982. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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If you liked Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World, try The Last Rifleman, The Pilot: A Battle for Survival, Kalashnikov AK-47.
Who directed Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World?
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World (1982) was directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and stars Franco Nero, Anatoly Ustyzhaninov, Sydne Rome.
