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Guerrilla Brigade

50 %|Jul 29, 1939|War, Drama, History

Episodic story of the 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 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.

Featured Crew

Ihor Savchenko
Director
Vsevolod Pavlovsky
Screenplay
Vladimir Okulich
Director of Photography
Sergey Pototsky
Original Music Composer
Yurij Yanovskyi
Novel

Cast

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Lev Sverdlin
Chubenko
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Stepan Shkurat
Yakim Nedolya
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Petro Masokha
Ivan Polovets
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Mikhail Troyanovsky
Musiy Polovets
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Vladimir Osvetsimsky
General Emelsdorf
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Mykola Braterskyi
Overko Polovets