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Reds

Not since Gone with the Wind has there been a great romantic epic like it!

6.9 / 10 1981 3h 15mPG English
DramaHistoryRomance

Storyline

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

Cast & Crew

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty

John Reed

Lead
Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

Louise Bryant

Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Max Eastman

Jerzy Kosiński

Jerzy Kosiński

Grigory Zinoviev

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

Eugene O'Neill

Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino

Louis Fraina

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton

Emma Goldman

Nicolas Coster

Nicolas Coster

Paul Trullinger

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Warren Beatty's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Reds is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker