Drama ·History · Soviet Union · 1971 · 1h 14m

The Commissars

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Director
Mykola Mashchenko
Cast
Kostiantyn Stepankov as Fedor Ivan Mykolaichuk as Gromov Fedir Panasenko as Gerasimenko Boryslav Brondukov as Koval Vladimir Skomarovsky as Smirnov Larysa Kadochnykova as Shura
Crew
Oleg Martynov — Director of Photography Natalia Akayomova — Editor Mykola Mashchenko — Screenplay Boris Tarasenko — Screenplay Yuriy Lybedynskyi — Novel Anatolii Dobrolezha — Production Design
Synopsis

This ideologically charged film as a typical sample of Soviet version of history portrays the events in Ukraine in 1921 after the defeat of Ukrainian liberation struggle and the occupation of the country by invading Bolshevik hordes. The Bolsheviks are good guys and Ukrainian rebels refusing to submit to a new, this time Soviet, slavery are portrayed as bandits and brigands fighting against their own people.

Key Collaborators
Mykola Mashchenko Director Oleg Martynov Director of Photography Natalia Akayomova Editor Mykola Mashchenko Screenplay Boris Tarasenko Screenplay Yuriy Lybedynskyi Novel Anatolii Dobrolezha Production Design
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