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A Soviet propaganda film based on material from the Bolshevik coup. During the Russian civil war, the Whites, that anti-Communist force that fought against the Bolsheviks during that period, capture a Jewish Ukranian village; the gang commander threatens a pogrom, and will kill everyone in the village unless the inhabitants agree to give to the White Officers five virgin girls in wedding dresses. Under such terrible pressure, the Jewish council of the town decides, full of sorrow and despair, to sacrifice their daughters to the drunken officers but fortunately and just in time, a detachment of partisans that belong to the Red Army, comes and frees the village.
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A Soviet propaganda film based on material from the Bolshevik coup. During the Russian civil war, the Whites, that anti-Communist force that fought against the Bolsheviks during that period, capture a Jewish Ukranian village; the gang commander threatens a pogrom, and will kill everyone in the village unless the inhabitants agree to give to the White Officers five virgin girls in wedding dresses. Under such terrible pressure, the Jewish council of the town decides, full of sorrow and despair, to sacrifice their daughters to the drunken officers but fortunately and just in time, a detachment of partisans that belong to the Red Army, comes and frees the village.
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Genre:Drama, History
Written By:David Maryan
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Runtime:57 minutes
Studio:VUFKU
Cast
Aleksandr Solovyov
Director
Amvrosii Buchma
Iyosele / Leiyzere
Tamara Adelheim
Mirra, bride #1
Raisa Rami-Shor
Bride #2
Yulia Koshevskaya
Bride #3
Tatiana Tokarskaya
Bride #4
Z. Tsiss
Bride #5
Matvei Lyarov
Rural rich man
Borys Shelestov
Petlyura army officer
V. Kritskiy
Petlyura army officer
Ivan Malikov-Elvorti
Petlyura army officer
A. Kharitonov
Petlyura army officer
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