Movielogr
Shors (1939)
Directed by Alexander Dovzhenko
Overview
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.
Length 140 minutes
Actors
Evgeniy Samoylov | Ivan Skuratov | Luka Lyashenko | Yuri Titov | Pavel Krasilich | Aleksandr Grechanyy | Nikolay Makarenko | Yuriy Bantysh | Dmitriy Barvinskiy | Dmitriy Kostenko | Pyotr Masokha | P. Vadechki | P. Tatarenko | Valentin Dukler | Fyodor Ishchenko | Nina Nikitina | Dmitri Milyutenko | Anna Borisoglebskaya | Aleksandr Khvylya | Dmitriy Kadnikov | Sergei Komarov | Georgy Polejayev | Освальд Глазунов | Hans Klering | Nikolai Komissarov | S. Levchenko | Aleksey Zagorskiy | Boris Andreyev | Boris Bezgin | Ivan Bondar | Amvrosi Buchma | Yuriy Velichko | Ya. Vurmanskiy | Vyacheslav Gomolyaka | Anatoli Goryunov | Vasyl Dashenko | V. Dubrovskiy | Anna Yegorova | Arkady Kislyakov | Pavel Kiyansky | Olga Korotkevich | Nikolay Kryuchkov | Yuri Lavrov | Boris Luchitskiy | Oleksandr Malsky | Lavrenti Masokha | A. Miloslavskiy | Emiliya Milton | Semyon Svashenko | Gabriel Nelidov-Frenkel | Aleksandr Segal | Viktor Khalatov | Roman Chalush | Stepan Shkurat | Gnat Yura | Tom Yavorskiy | Nikolay Yakovchenko