The Ballad of Cossack Golota (russian: Дума про казака Голоту) is a 1937 Soviet action drama film directed by
Igor Savchenko
Igor Andreyevich Savchenko (russian: Игорь Андреевич Са́вченко) or Ihor Andriyovych Savchenko ( uk, І́гор Андрі́йович Са́вченко; 11 October 1906 – 14 December 1950) was a screenwriter and film di ...
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Plot
The film is based on the novel ''
R.V.S.'' by
Arkady Gaidar
Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (russian: link=no, Арка́дий Петро́вич Гайда́р, born Golikov, russian: link=no, Го́ликов; – 26 October 1941) was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet chil ...
. The film takes place in 1920 during the Civil War. All the men of Olkhovka village went to war. A young man Zhigan visits his grandfather and meets the son of a soldier of the Red Army - Sashko, who becomes his friend. Sashko receives information that the bandits want to kill the red commissar who must visit the village. Guys want to warn him. The characters get mixed up with a wounded commissar and a marauding White Russian officer. They find themselves in all sorts of predicaments before the Reds arrive to save the day, and become the mascots of a troop of Bolshevik cavalry.
Starring
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Konstantin Nassonov
The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name ''Constantinus'' (Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the Grea ...
as Commissar
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Leonid Shekhtman as Zhigan
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Konstantin Tyrtov as Sashko
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* Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname
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as Mother
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Nikolai Sokolov as Grandfather
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Viktor Seleznyov
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* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
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as (as Vitya Seleznyov)
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Nikolay Gorlov as Ataman Levka
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Faina Ranevskaya
Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya (russian: Фаина Георгиевна Раневская, born Faina Girschevna Feldman, — 19 July 1984), is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for ...
as priest's wife
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Aleksandr Grechanyy
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Ale ...
as Goloven (as A. Grechanyj)
* Konstantin Starostin as Ataman Kozolup (as K. Starostin)
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Aleksandr Zhutaev
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as Vassili (as A. Zhutayev)
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Y. Martsinchik as Polish Officer
Дума про казака Голоту (1937) Full Cast & Crew
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References
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1937 films
1930s Russian-language films
Soviet black-and-white films
Soviet action drama films
1930s action drama films
1937 drama films
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