Guerrilla Brigade

Всадники

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

Screenplay

Vsevolod Pavlovskiy

Music

Sergey Pototsky

Novela

Yurij Yanovskyi

Status

Released

Release date

29/07/1939

Original language

Russian