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Chapayev

1934-11-07 · 93 min · ★ 6.0

Drama · History · War

An account of the peasant turned mythical military hero Vasily Chapayev, charting his campaign in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.

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Directors
Sergey Vasilev, Georgi Vasilyev
Production companies
Lenfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Boris BabochkinBoris BabochkinChapayev
Leonid KmitLeonid KmitPetka
Varvara MyasnikovaVarvara MyasnikovaAnka
Boris BlinovBoris BlinovFurmanov
Illarion PevtsovIllarion PevtsovBorozdin
Nikolai SimonovNikolai SimonovZhikharev
Boris ChirkovBoris ChirkovPeasant
Stepan ShkuratStepan ShkuratBorozdin's striker
Vyacheslav VolkovVyacheslav VolkovYelan
Emil GalEmil GalTall veterinary sergeon
Mikhail GipsiA red soldier
Konstantin NazarenkoThe Lanky Fellow
Mikhail RostovtsevMikhail RostovtsevShort veterinary sergeon
Georgi VasilyevGeorgi VasilyevA white officer
Elena VolyntsevaElena VolyntsevaPeasant woman
Viktor YablonskiyViktor YablonskiyCossack
Georgi ZhzhyonovGeorgi ZhzhyonovTeresha
Kostiantyn MukhutdinovKostiantyn MukhutdinovRed army soldier in Chapaev division

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