Ona zashchishchaet rodinu

Feb 24 1944 N/A 1h 14m

Drama, War

The first day of the war brings tragedy to a peasant woman, Pasha. Her husband and her toddler son die before her eyes. She and the other villagers leave to go into the woods. Pasha leads the villagers to fight some German troops. Coming out victories, the partisans become a feared opponent of the Germans, with the leadership of Comrade P.

Plot

As the Nazi forces advance on Moscow, village woman, after witnessing her husband killed in combat, her toddler run over by a German tank, and her village commandeered by Nazi forces, organizes the surviving locals into a guerilla band bent on revenge.

Written by

Aleksei Kapler

Directed by

Fridrikh Ermler

Cast

Vera Maretskaya, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Lidiya Smirnova

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

TsOKS

Languages

Awards

1 win

Scores

# of Votes

121

Average Rating

6.5 out of 10

Metascore

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