A Special Unit

A Special Unit

1984 · 67 min · ★ 7.5 · War

In May 1941, a young instructor of the Komsomol Regional Committee of Belovezhskaya Pushcha Andrei Dyomushkin was invited to the graduation party of the Moscow Theatre School to create a professional theatre in the city. The war has crossed out all plans. Now he, along with the course of graduates, will have to go through the war and be the commander of the front acting fraternity in the current army "A Special Unit"...

Directed by Vladimir Ivanov · Written by Georgi Shchukin

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