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Chapayev is with Us

10 %|Jul 31, 1941|War

Short propaganda film released to raise army morale during first months of war. Civil War hero and Red Army commander Vasily Chapayev (killed in 1919 by White Army officers then drowned in the Ural river) swims ashore but it's the summer of 1941. Chapayev asks who are Soviets fighting off this time, hears that it's Germans once again and then gives an inspiring speech. He is played by Boris Babochkin who famously portrayed Chapayev in 1934 biopic.

Featured Crew

Vladimir Petrov
Director
Sergei Gerasimov
Writer
Lev Arnshtam
Writer
Vladimir Yakovlev
Director of Photography