This movie was interminably slow and I couldn't get past the heavy-handed anti-religion, anti-American, pro-Socialist agenda. This is a propaganda film, made by Marxists, for Marxists.The multiple flashbacks to different time periods are done badly and as a result are confusing. The plot is implausible. The emotional range of the film is one note: solemn. It's like going to the symphony and listening to them play C minor for two hours. The only joyful scene is run behind the credits. One big WTF.