Guerrilla Brigade

Overview

Episodic story of the resistance to the German invasion of Ukraine in 1918 during World War I, 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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 29, 1939

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian, Ukrainian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Kyiv Film Studio

Cast

Dmytro Milyutenko,Yelena Kuzmina,Lev Sverdlin,Nikolai Orlov,Vladimir Osvetsimsky,Grigori Dolgov,Mikhail Troyanovsky,Heinrich Greif,Dmytro Holubynskyi,Yuriy Bantyshand 3 more

Director

Ihor Savchenko

Writer

Andrii Malyshko,Yurij Yanovskyi,Vsevolod Pavlovskiy

Producer

Boris Krakovskiy

Cinematography

Vladimir Okulich

Music

Sergey Pototsky

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0032103