Guerrilla Brigade

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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.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

War,

Drama,

History

Duration:

94 minutes

Year:

1939

Director:

Ihor Savchenko

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Company:

Kiev Film Studio

Cast:
Lev Sverdlin

Chubenko

Stepan Shkurat

Yakim Nedolya

Petro Masokha

Ivan Polovets

Mikhail Troyanovsky

Musiy Polovets

Vladimir Osvetsimsky

General Emelsdorf

Crew:
Ihor Savchenko

Director

Vsevolod Pavlovskiy

Screenplay

Vladimir Okulich

Director of Photography

Sergey Pototsky

Original Music Composer

Yurij Yanovskyi

Novel