Son of the Regiment

Son of the Regiment

1946 · 79 min · ★ 8.4 · War, Drama

During the war years, russian soldiers pick up an orphaned boy. He refuses to go to the rear and becomes a scout, and then remains with the artillery battery. When the calculation of the battery dies in battle with the German tanks that have broken through, Vanya is sent to the Suvorov School, whose students participate in a military parade on Red Square.

Directed by Vasily Pronin · Written by Valentin Kataev

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Yuri Yankin Vanya Solntsev
Aleksandr Morozov Dmitry Yenakiyev
Grigory Pluzhnik Vasily Bidenko
Nikolai Parfyonov Kuzma Gorbunov
Nikolay Yakhontov Yegorov
Vladimir Sinev Voznesensky
Pavel Volkov Vasily Kovalyov
Aleksandr Timontayev Sobolev
Vladimir Uralskiy Soldier

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