Chapayev
1934 · Movie · 93 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
This film is based on the book about Vasili Ivanovich Chapaev (1887 - 1919) who was in real life the Commander of the 25th Division of the Red Army. Chapaev is an uneducated peasant and a decorated hero in the World War I and later in the Russian Civil War, that followed the Russian revolution. This man of action is fighting on the side of the poor people. His troops consist of peasants, just like him. Unable to write, he can brilliantly demonstrate various battle tactics by moving potatoes on the table. He is street smart. He never lost a battle against the experienced Generals of the Tzar's Army.
Direction Georgi Vasilyev · Sergei Vasilyev
Cast Boris Babochkin · Leonid Kmit · Varvara Myasnikova · Boris Blinov · Illarion Pevtsov · Stepan Shkurat · Vyacheslav Volkov · Nikolai Simonov · Boris Chirkov
Screenplay Anna Furmanov · Georgi Vasilyev · Sergei Vasilyev · Dimitri Furmanov
Cinematography Aleksandr Ksenofontov · Aleksandr Sigayev
Original title Chapaev
Also known as Chapayev
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