In the Days of Struggle (1920)
Synopsis
An agit-film about the struggle of Ukrainian peasants against the White Poles. A young woman, the daughter of a blacksmith taken prisoner by the White Poles, and a Red commander organise a partisan unit. One scene depicts the capture of a Polish landowner attempting to elude capture. He had been hiding from the Red Army soldiers in a barrel. The peasants nailed the barrel shut and, having inscribed the words: ‘To Warsaw – to Mr Piłsudski’, threw it into the Dnieper. The role of the Red commander was V.I. Pudovkin’s first film role. The production was carried out by a group of students from the State Film School as part of a competition organised by the All-Union Film and Cinematography Committee (VFK). Lost film.
Release Date: 1920-06-01
Director: Ivane Perestiani
Top Cast
- Andrei Gorchilin as Blacksmith
- Nina Shaternikova as Blacksmith's Daughter
- Ivan Kapralov as Polish officer
- Vsevolod Pudovkin as Red Army Commander
- Feofan Shipulinsky as Polish landowner
- Nikolay Vishnyak as Bandit
- Anna Chekulaeva as Jewish Woman
- Sergei Shishko as Bandura Player
Soundtrack
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