Guerrilla Brigade

Synopsis

Episodic story of the resistance to the German invasion of Ukraine in 1918 during World War 1, 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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Ihor Savchenko

Featured Cast

Lev Sverdlin

Chubenko

Stepan Shkurat

Yakim Nedolya

Petro Masokha

Ivan Polovets

Mikhail Troyanovsky

Musiy Polovets

Vladimir Osvetsimsky

General Emelsdorf