The Young Guard

(1948)

★ 5.5 IMDb · 16 votes

Genres: Drama, War

Year: 1948

Runtime: 187 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Сергей Герасимов

Cast: Владимир Иванов, Инна Макарова, Нонна Мордюкова, Сергей Гурзо, Вячеслав Тихонов, Клара Лучко, Георгий Юматов, Тамара Макарова, Виктор Хохряков, Григорий Шпигель

Plot

In 1942, local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance in the city of Krasnodon during the Nazi occupation of Russia. The teens manage to outsmart the Nazis in their fight, and their activity lifts the spirits of the surviving citizens.