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The Young Guard

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Original title

Molodaya Gvardiya

Year

1948

Running time

189 min.

Country

Soviet Union (USSR)

Director

Sergei Gerasimov

Screenwriter

Sergei Gerasimov. Novel: Aleksandr Fadeyev

Cast

Music

Dmitri Shostakovich

Cinematography

Vladimir Rapoport (B&W)

Producer

Gorky Film Studio

Genre

Drama. War | II World War

Synopsis

The film is set in the city of Krasnodon in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of Russia. Local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance. The teens manage to outsmart the Nazis in their fight. They blow up the Nazi recruitment offices. Their activity lifts the spirits of the surviving citizens. They organize other school-friends in the groups of five to help the citizens in their struggle for survival. Their courage helps many others to survive.

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The Young Guard

1948

Sergei Gerasimov