
NewHorizonswasoriginallyreleasedasVyborskayaStorona,whichtranslatesasTheVyborgSide.CodirectedandcowrittenbyGregoryKozintsev,thefilmisthefinalchapterinthedirector's"MaximTrilogy".Liketheearlierentries,NewHorizonsrecreatesthe"awakening"ofSovietRussiaunderthebannerofMarxism,asseenthroughtheeyesofEverymanheroMaxim(BorisChirkov).ComestheRevolution,andthepreviouslyimpoverishedMaximisappointedaCommissaroftheTreasury.HeshareshisgoodfortunewiththosewholoyallyfoughtbesidehimintheDarkDays,includinghisbelovedNatasha(VeraKibardina),whoaschairmanoftheVyborgSovietDistrictpersonalizesthevitalroleofwomenintheBraveNewWorldofCommunism.FurtheraddingtotheprestigeofNewHorizonsistheheroicmusicalscorebynolessthanDmitriShostakovich.(HalErickson,AllMovieGuide)



