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The year is 1919. German troops retreat from Ukraine. The Directory, the Ukrainian national government lead by Symon Petliura, takes control of Kyiv. Meanwhile, the Bolshevik division commanded by Mykola Shchors is marching on the capital. The Bolsheviks capture the cities of Vinnytsia, Zhmerynka, and others one by one, but lose Berdychiv to Petliura’s forces. They are demoralized by the defeat. By his personal example of courage and military skill, Shchors inspires the retreating Red troops and leads them to victory over the enemy.

Status: Released
Released Date: 1939-05-02
Runtime: 140 mins
Director: Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Spoken language: Pусский
Genres: Drama, History
Original title: Shors
Production Companies: Kiev Film Studio
Production Countries: Soviet Union

Evgeniy Samoylov

Ivan Skuratov

Luka Liashenko

Yuri Titov

Pavel Krasilich

Aleksandr Grechaniy

Nikolay Makarenko

Yuriy Bantysh

Dmitriy Barvinskiy

Dmitriy Kostenko

Petro Masokha

P. Radetskiy

P. Tatarenko

Valentyn Dukler