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Chapayev

Chapayev

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Overview

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

Directed by Sergey Vasilev
Written by Dimitri Furmanov, Anna Furmanova, Georgi Vasilyev
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Top Cast

Boris Babochkin

Boris Babochkin

Chapayev

Leonid Kmit

Leonid Kmit

Petka

Varvara Myasnikova

Varvara Myasnikova

Anka

Boris Blinov

Boris Blinov

Furmanov

I

Illarion Pevtsov

Borozdin

Nikolai Simonov

Nikolai Simonov

Zhikharev

Boris Chirkov

Boris Chirkov

Peasant

Stepan Shkurat

Stepan Shkurat

Borozdin's striker

V

Vyacheslav Volkov

Yelan

Emil Gal

Emil Gal

Tall veterinary sergeon

Themes & Keywords

joseph stalinmachine gunsiberiacommunist propagandarussian civil war (1918-21)red armysummary executiondeath of herosoviet union historypsychological warfareczechoslovak legionwhite army

About Chapayev

Chapayev is a drama, history, war film released in 1934 exploring themes of joseph stalin, machine gun, siberia, communist propaganda, russian civil war (1918-21), red army. Directed by Sergey Vasilev, it stars Boris Babochkin, Leonid Kmit, Varvara Myasnikova. 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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