Aleksandr Parkhomenko

Aleksandr Parkhomenko

1942 · 107 min · ★ 5.1 · War, Drama, History

About the life and heroic death of the old Bolshevik-Lugansk resident, participant in the civil war, Aleksandr Yakovlevich Parkhomenko. In 1918, capturing Ukraine, the German occupiers sought to use the Haidamaks, the White Guards and the Greens in their struggle. By order of Voroshilov, Aleksandr Parkhomenko from Lugansk arrives in Tsaritsyn. At the same time, the Germans launched an active offensive. The "red" battalions are poorly armed, however, Parkhomenko manages to raise them to the attack and put the enemy to flight.

Directed by Leonid Lukov · Written by Vsevolod Ivanov

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Semyon Goldshtab Stalin
Nikolai Bogolyubov Voroshilov
Aleksandr Khvylia Aleksandr Parkhomenko
Pyotr Aleynikov Gaivoron
Stepan Kayukov Lamychev
Vera Shershnyova Liza
Vasiliy Zaychikov Kolokolov
Boris Chirkov Makhno
Ivan Novoseltsev Bykov
Tatyana Okunevskaya Bykova
Yuri Lavrov anarchist
Boris Andreyev anarchist (uncredited)

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