A Soviet propaganda film based on material from the Bolshevik coup. During the Russian civil war, the Whites, that anti-Communist force that fought against the Bolsheviks during that period, capture a Jewish Ukranian village; the gang commander threatens a pogrom, and will kill everyone in the village unless the inhabitants agree to give to the White Officers five virgin girls in wedding dresses. Under such terrible pressure, the Jewish council of the town decides, full of sorrow and despair, to sacrifice their daughters to the drunken officers but fortunately and just in time, a detachment of partisans that belong to the Red Army, comes and frees the village.
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Amvrosii Buchma
Iyosele / Leiyzere
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Tamara Adelheim
Mirra, bride #1
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Raisa Rami-Shor
Bride #2
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Yulia Koshevskaya
Bride #3
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Tatiana Tokarskaya
Bride #4
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Z. Tsiss
Bride #5
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Matvei Lyarov
Rural rich man
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Benya Krik
P.K.P.
Borys Shelestov
Petlyura army officer
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V. Kritskiy
Petlyura army officer
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Ivan Malikov-Elvorti
Petlyura army officer
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A. Kharitonov
Petlyura army officer
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Iosif Mindlin
Jew
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Leon Couturier
Aleksandr Solovyov Director · David Maryan Writer Albert Kyun Cinematographer
First release March 18, 1930 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Languages No dialogue, Russian
Production
VUFKU
Production
Solo
Production
Russia · Russia
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Original title
Пять невест
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue · Russian
Release dates
Russia · March 18, 1930
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No release date listed for United States.
Russia
November 11, 1930 · Theatrical · Moscow
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