The Young Guard (1948)

Name: The Young Guard
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Released: 1948-10-11

3h 9m

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October 11, 1948
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Plot.

In 1942, local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance in the city of Krasnodon during the Nazi occupation of Russia. The teens manage to outsmart the Nazis in their fight, and their activity lifts the spirits of the surviving citizens.

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Release Date
October 11, 1948

Original Name
Молодая гвардия

Status
Released

Running Time
3h 9m

Genres
Drama War & Politics

Last updated: 2024-05-26

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The Young Guard (Russian: Молодая гвардия, translit. Molodaya Gvardiya) is a two-part 1948 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov and based on the novel of the same title by Alexander Fadeyev. In 1949 a Stalin Prize for this film was awarded to Gerasimov, cinematographer Vladimir Rapoport, and the group of leading actors.

The film was also the highest grossing Soviet film of 1948, with approximately 48,600,000 tickets sold.