Chapaev

Chapaev may have succeeded with the Russian public was because it portrayed what Russians wanted Soviet Russia to be like. Russians could have also liked it because it had Chapaev the main character being a leader of the Red Army that they could root for throughout the film. The fact that it was the first Soviet blockbuster movie with sound could also played a role. Battleship Protemkin was a propaganda film that showed only one side of what Soviet Russia wanted Russians to see. Chapeav you see both armies, and it's not just focused on fighting and gore, there's also a love story, and friendships shown as well. It has more of a storyline. Various ways that Chapaev making use of sound is the reality that you can hear the speech between the characters, the use of weapons being used, and gathering of sound during a battle scene. An aspect of the film that could not have been presented in a silent format could be the singing at the end of the film, and the emotions between characters as well. Chapaev wouldn't have done as excellent as it did if it was a silent film.