Fighting for your Life in 'The Survivor'
There's no hiding the horrors of war in this inspiring story of survival
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A young man, Ivan, is forcefully mobilised and sent to fight in the Caucasian War as a soldier of the Russian Empire by his landlord, leaving his wife behind. In the Caucasus, Ivas experiences the fierce local resistance to the Russian military, and returns home to launch an uprising against the Russian government.
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A young man, Ivan, is forcefully mobilised and sent to fight in the Caucasian War as a soldier of the Russian Empire by his landlord, leaving his wife behind. In the Caucasus, Ivas experiences the fierce local resistance to the Russian military, and returns home to launch an uprising against the Russian government.
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Genre:History, Drama
Written By:Ivan Kavaleridze
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Runtime:83 minutes
Studio:Ukrainfilm
Cast
Ivan Kavaleridze
Director
Ivan Tverdokhlib
Ivan
Polina Nyatko
Kateryna
Danylo Antonovych
Havrylov, the revolutionary
Oleksandr Serdiuk
Svichka Pomishchyk, the colonel
Ivan Shtraukh
Zhukov, the merchant
Hnat Yura
Sydorenko, Svichka's manager
Nataliia Uzhvii
Nastasia Markivna
Ivan Marianenko
General Ladanskyi
Vladimir Yershov
Nicholas I of Russia
Shota Nozadze
Georgian prisoner
Mykola Nademskyi
Taras Shevchenko
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