Movie

Guerrilla Brigade (1939)

• July 29, 1939
• 1h 34m

• War
• Drama
• History

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.

Director

Ihor Savchenko

Writers

Vsevolod Pavlovskiy, Yurij Yanovskyi

Starring

Lev Sverdlin, Stepan Shkurat, Petro Masokha