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The Truth

First aired on Nov 25, 1957

Runtime: 84 mins

90%

Genres: Drama, History

The February Revolution did not bring the desired peace to the trenches. Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, deceived by Kerensky's government, are dying on the slopes of the Carpathians. But the words of Bolshevik truth penetrate the trenches, and the soldiers refuse to go to the slaughter. Among the front-line soldiers returning home is a young Ukrainian named Taras Holota. He dreams of joyful reunions, but instead attends the funeral of his mother, who was killed by the Haidamaks. The landless peasantry is starving, and Golota rallies his fellow villagers to divide up the landowners' fields...

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Yurii Mazhuha |
Mikhail Pugovkin |
Andro Kobaladze |
Aleksandr Anurov |
Dmytro Franko |
Fedir Ishchenko |
Featured Crew
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Aleksandr Levada | Screenplay
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Viktor Dobrovolsky | Director
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Isaak Shmaruk | Director
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Volodymyr Voitenko | Director of Photography
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Mikhail Yuferov | Production Design
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Aleksandr Korneychuk | Theatre Play