The Vyborg Side
1939, Russian. Directed by Grigori Kozintsev & Leonid Trauberg.
The final part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. Following the Russian Revolution, Maksim is appointed state commissar in charge of the national bank. With great efforts, he learns the complexies of the banking trade and begins to fight off sabotaging underlings. Dymba, now a violent enemy of the Republic, tries to rob a wine store but is arrested with Maksim's help. Maksim also exposes a conspiracy of a group of tsarist officers who prepare an attempt against Lenin. He then joins the Red Army in its fight against the German occupation.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Maxim Trilogy Collection
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Maxim Trilogy: watch order
Cast & crew
- Grigori KozintsevDirector
- Leonid TraubergDirector
- Boris ChirkovMaksim
- Valentina KibardinaNatasha Artemieva
- Mikhail ZharovPlaton Vassilievich Dymba
- Nataliia UzhviiYevdokia Ivanovna Kozlova
- Yuriy TolubeevYegor Bugai
- Aleksandr ChistyakovMishchenko
- Anatoliy KuznetsovTurnyev
- Dmitriy DudnikovLeader of the Counter-revolutionaries
- Boris ZhukovskyDefense Attorney
- Leonid LyubashevskyIakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov
- Maksim ShtraukhVladimir Lenin
- Mikheil GelovaniIosip Stalin
Details
- Released
- 1 April 1939
- Original title
- Выборгская сторона
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
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The Vyborg Side: quick answers
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Watch The Youth of Maxim (1935) and The Return of Maxim (1937) first.
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How long is The Vyborg Side?
The Vyborg Side runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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The Vyborg Side isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 April 1939. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Vyborg Side?
If you liked The Vyborg Side, try The End of St. Petersburg, Eleanor the Great, The Young One.
Who directed The Vyborg Side?
The Vyborg Side (1939) was directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg and stars Boris Chirkov, Valentina Kibardina, Mikhail Zharov.