War ·Drama ·History · Soviet Union · 1939 · 1h 34m

Guerrilla Brigade

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Director
Ihor Savchenko
Cast
Lev Sverdlin as Chubenko Stepan Shkurat as Yakim Nedolya Petro Masokha as Ivan Polovets Mikhail Troyanovsky as Musiy Polovets Vladimir Osvetsimsky as General Emelsdorf Mykola Braterskyi as Overko Polovets
Crew
Vladimir Okulich — Director of Photography Varvara Bondina — Editor Sergey Pototsky — Original Music Composer Vsevolod Pavlovskiy — Screenplay Yurij Yanovskyi — Novel Militsa Simashkevich — Production Design
Synopsis

Episodic story of the resistance to the German invasion of Ukraine in 1918 during World War 1, 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.

Key Collaborators
Ihor Savchenko Director Vladimir Okulich Director of Photography Varvara Bondina Editor Sergey Pototsky Original Music Composer Vsevolod Pavlovskiy Screenplay Yurij Yanovskyi Novel Militsa Simashkevich Production Design
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