| The Young Guard | |
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| Directed by | Sergei Gerasimov |
| Written by | Sergei Gerasimov Alexander Fadeyev (novel) |
| Starring | Vladimir Ivanov Inna Makarova Nonna Mordyukova Sergei Gurzo Lyudmila Shagalova Viktor Khokhryakov |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Rapoport |
| Music by | Dmitri Shostakovich |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Young Guard (Russian:Молодая гвардия,translit. Molodaya Gvardiya) is a two-part 1948Soviet film directed bySergei Gerasimov and based onthe novel of the same title byAlexander Fadeyev.[1][2] In 1949 aStalin Prize for this film was awarded to Gerasimov, cinematographer Vladimir Rapoport, and the group of leading actors.
The film was also the highest grossing Soviet film of 1948, with approximately 48,600,000 tickets sold.
The film is set in July 1942 duringThe Great Patriotic War. Part of theRed Army leaves the mining townKrasnodon. After that, the city gets occupied by the German troops. Enemy machines destroy their path and members of theKomsomol group are forced to return home. In response to the atrocities of the invaders, the young Komsomol members, who are former students, create an undergroundanti-fascist Komsomol organizationYoung Guard. This organization leads a covert war against the occupation forces; young men spread antifascist leaflets, free a group of Red Army prisoners, burn the German stock exchange, thus saving their countrymen from being sent to work in Germany. On the day of theRed October anniversary, the young guards hangred Soviet flags.
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