The Truth
1957, Russian. Directed by Viktor Dobrovolsky & Isaak Shmaruk.
The February Revolution did not bring the desired peace to the trenches. Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, deceived by Kerensky's government, are dying on the slopes of the Carpathians. But the words of Bolshevik truth penetrate the trenches, and the soldiers refuse to go to the slaughter. Among the front-line soldiers returning home is a young Ukrainian named Taras Holota. He dreams of joyful reunions, but instead attends the funeral of his mother, who was killed by the Haidamaks. The landless peasantry is starving, and Golota rallies his fellow villagers to divide up the landowners' fields...
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Viktor DobrovolskyDirector
- Isaak ShmarukDirector
- Yurii MazhuhaCast
- Mikhail PugovkinCast
- Andro KobaladzeCast
- Aleksandr AnurovCast
- Dmytro FrankoCast
- Fedir IshchenkoCast
- Konstantin KulchitskyRomanchik
- Yuri LavrovSimon Petlyura
- Viktor Kovalфельдфебель
- Nikolay DupakIvanov
- Gleb YuchenkovVladimir Lenin
- Nina KukushkinaNatasha Ryzhova
Details
- Released
- 25 November 1957
- Original title
- Правда
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Aleksandr Levada
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The Truth runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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The Truth isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 November 1957. (Checked 3 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Truth?
The Truth (1957) was directed by Viktor Dobrovolsky and Isaak Shmaruk and stars Yurii Mazhuha, Mikhail Pugovkin, Andro Kobaladze.