The Young Guard

The Young Guard (1948)

Молодая гвардия

In 1942, local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance in the city of Krasnodon during the Nazi occupation of Russia. The teens manage to outsmart the Nazis in their fight, and their activity lifts the spirits of the surviving citizens.

Date of release
1948-10-11
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (16)
Runtime
3h 9m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Sergei Gerasimov

Casting

Interesting facts

The Young Guard is a two-part 1948 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov and based on the 1946 novel of the same title by Alexander Fadeyev. In 1949 a Stalin Prize for this film was awarded to Gerasimov, cinematographer Vladimir Rapoport, and the leading actors.

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