''Red Devils'' (russian: Красные дьяволята, Krasnye dyavolyata) is a 1923 Soviet
adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...
directed by
Ivan Perestiani
Ivan Nikolaevich Perestiani (also Ivane, ka, ივანე პერესტიანი; russian: Иван Николаевич Перестиани; — 14 May 1959) was a Georgian/Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor, and Peop ...
based on the
eponymous story by Pavel Blyakhin. It has become one of the most famous and oft-quoted works of the Soviet adventure film.
Plot
The film is about the adventures of three young agents, fighters of the
1st Cavalry Army __NOTOC__
The 1st Cavalry Army (russian: Первая конная армия, Pervaya konnaya armiya) was a prominent Red Army military formation. It was also known as "Budyonny's Cavalry Army" or simply as ''Konarmia'' (Кона́рмия, "Horse ...
, set against the background of the
Russian Civil War and the struggle with the
Makhnovist
The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine ( uk, Революційна Повстанська Армія України), also known as the Black Army or as Makhnovtsi ( uk, Махновці), named after their leader Nestor Makhno, was a ...
forces. At the beginning
Nestor Makhno and his troops attack the village, committing various crimes, including murdering peasants, robbing huts, stealing livestock, killing communists. In the attack, a man's father is captured, tortured and killed under Makhno's orders. Afterwards, the three of them organize a detachment against Makhno.
Cast
*Pavel Yesikovsky - Misha
*Sofia Josephey - Dunyasha, Misha's sister
*
Kador Ben-Salim
Kador Ben-Salim () was a Senegalese-Soviet acrobat, Red Army soldierm and most likely the only actor of African descent in Soviet film throughout the 1920s and early 1930s. A veteran of the Russian Civil War, he appeared in at least eight films, i ...
- Tom Jackson
*Vladimir Kucherenko (credited as Vladimir Sutyrin) -
Makhno
Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, The surname "Makhno" ( uk, Махно́) was itself a corruption of Nestor's father's surname "Mikhnenko" ( uk, Міхненко). ( 1888 – 25 July 1934), also known as Bat'ko Makhno ("Father Makhno"),; According to ...
*Konstantin Davidovsky -
Budyonny
*G. Lane - Petrov, worker, father of Misha and Dunyashi
*Nikolay Nirov - Garbuzenko
*Svetlana Lux - Oksana
*Jan Burinsky - captain
*Zakariy Berishvili - bandit
*Georgiy Makarov - bandit
*Patwakan Barkhudaryan - bandit
Sequels
* ''
The Savur-Mohyla'' (1926)
* ''
The Crime of Shirvanskaya
''The Crime of Shirvanskaya'' ( ka, Shirvanskaias danashauli, russian: Преступление княжны Ширванской, Prestuplenie kniazhny Shirvanskoy) is a 1926 Soviet silent adventure film directed by Ivane Perestiani.Rollberg p. ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Punishment of Shirvanskaya
''The Punishment of Shirvanskaya'' (Georgian:''Sasdjeli'') is a 1926 Soviet silent adventure film directed by Ivane Perestiani.Rollberg p.526 It is a sequel to ''The Crime of Shirvanskaya''.
Cast
* Maria Shirai as Vicountess Shirvanskaya
* Al ...
'' (1926)
* ''
Ilan-dili
''Ilan-dili'' is a 1926 Soviet silent adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may al ...
'' (1926)
See also
* ''
Red Devils (story)''
External links
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References
Soviet silent feature films
Films directed by Ivan Perestiani
Odessa Film Studio films
Soviet black-and-white films
Soviet adventure films
1923 adventure films
1923 films
Cultural depictions of Nestor Makhno
Silent adventure films
Soviet-era films from Georgia (country)
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