Synopsis
Episodic story of the resistance to the German invasion of Ukraine in 1918 during World War I, and made as an example of the guerrilla warfare and fierce spirit in which Ukrainian peasants were again resisting Teuton onslaughts in 1939. Highlights a small band of guerrillas and their battles using scythes, shotguns and, often, just clubs against the Kaiser's army in the Ukrainian forests.
Details
- Ihor Savchenko
- July 29, 1939
- Released
- Soviet Union
- Kyiv Film Studio
- 1h 34m
Where to watch
No known streaming options in United States.
Cast
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Lev SverdlinChubenko -
Stepan ShkuratYakim Nedolya -
Petro MasokhaIvan Polovets -
Mikhail TroyanovskyMusiy Polovets -
Vladimir OsvetsimskyGeneral Emelsdorf
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Mykola BraterskyiOverko Polovets
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Grigori DolgovGurkovsky -
Dmytro Milyutenko -
Yelena KuzminaOksana -
Nikolai Orlov
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Yuriy BantyshLieutenant
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Dmytro Holubynskyi
