Guerrilla Brigade

War, Drama, History

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Ihor Savchenko

Status Released

Release Date 1939-07-29

Storyline

Episodic story of the resistance to the German invasion of Ukraine in 1918 during World War 1, and made as an example of the guerrilla warfare and fierce spirit in which Ukrainian peasants were again resisting Teuton onslaughts in 1939. Highlights a small band of guerrillas and their battles using scythes, shotguns and, often, just clubs against the Kaiser's army in the Ukrainian forests.