Guerrilla Brigade

(1939)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 5 votes

Genres: War, Drama, History

Year: 1939

Runtime: 72 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Игорь Савченко

Cast: Лев Свердлин, Степан Шкурат, Пётр Масоха, Михаил Трояновский, Владимир Освецимский, Николай Братерский, Григорий Долгов, Дмитрий Милютенко, Елена Кузьмина, Николай Орлов

Plot

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.