Summary Episodic story of the Russian resistance to the German invasion of the Ukraine in 1918 during World War 1, and made as an example of the guerrilla warfare and fierce spirit in which Russian 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. View more details
Directed : Igor Savchenko
Written : Yuri Yanovsky Vsevolod Pavlovskiy
Stars : Lev Sverdlin Stepan Shkurat Pyotr Masokha Mikhail Troyanovskiy
Genres : Drama History War
Release date : Jul 28, 1939
Countries of origin : Soviet Union
Language : Russian
Production companies : Kievskaya Kinostudiya (Kiev Film Studio)
Summary Episodic story of the Russian resistance to the German invasion of the Ukraine in 1918 during World War 1, and made as an example of the guerrilla warfare and fierce spirit in which Russian 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. View more details
Genres : Drama History War
Release date : Jul 28, 1939
Countries of origin : Soviet Union
Language : Russian
Production companies : Kievskaya Kinostudiya (Kiev Film Studio)
