The Young Guard
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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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Vladimir Ivanov
Oleg Koshevoi
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Inna Makarova
Lyubov Shertsova
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Nonna Mordyukova
Uliana Gromova
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Sergei Gurzo
Sergei Gavrilovich Tyulenin
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Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Vladimir Osmukhin
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Klara Luchko
Marina
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Georgiy Yumatov
Popov
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Tamara Makarova
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Viktor Khokhryakov
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Olga Sergeevna
Grigoriy Shpigel
Fenbong
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Yevgeni Morgunov
Pocheptsov
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Sergei Gerasimov Director · Aleksandr Fadeyev Author Dmitri Shostakovich Composer
First release October 11, 1948 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Молодая гвардия
Production
Gorky Film Studios
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Молодая гвардия
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · October 11, 1948
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Greece
May 5, 2022 · Theatrical
XC
February 18, 1949 · Theatrical · Part 1
February 25, 1949 · Theatrical · Part 2
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