The Ballad of Cossack Golota
1937, Russian. Directed by Ihor Savchenko.
The story of three young Russsian adventurers against the background of post-revolutionary skirmishes in the Ukraine. The boys 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.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Ihor SavchenkoDirector
- Konstantin NassonovComissar
- Leonid ShekhtmanZhigan (as Lenia Shekhtman)
- Konstantin TyrtovSashko (as Kostya Tyrtov)
- Faina RanevskayaCast
- Nina RusinovaMother (as N. Rusinova)
- Nikolai SokolovGrandfather
- Viktor Seleznyov(as Vitya Seleznyov)
- Nikolay GorlovAtaman Levka
- Aleksandr GrechaniyGoloven (as A. Grechanyj)
- Konstantin StarostinAtaman Kozolup (as K. Starostin)
- Aleksandr ZhutaevVassili (as A. Zhutayev)
- Yekaterina MelnikovaOld Onufrikha
Details
- Released
- 18 October 1937
- Original title
- Дума про казака Голоту
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Ihor Savchenko
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What The Ballad of Cossack Golota is based on
The Ballad of Cossack Golota is based on R.V.S. (1926) by Arkady Gaidar.
1926
R.V.S.
By Arkady Gaidar
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If you liked The Ballad of Cossack Golota, try White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf, The Willoughbys, Bookworm.
Who directed The Ballad of Cossack Golota?
The Ballad of Cossack Golota (1937) was directed by Ihor Savchenko and stars Konstantin Nassonov, Leonid Shekhtman, Konstantin Tyrtov.
What is The Ballad of Cossack Golota based on?
The Ballad of Cossack Golota is based on R.V.S. (1926) by Arkady Gaidar.