Chapayev is with Us
About Chapayev is with Us
In the autumn of 1919, under machine-gun fire at the Ural crossing near Lbischensk, Vasily Chapayev climbs out of the river and comes ashore in the summer of 1941. A cavalryman and a tank man meet him. He asks whether the Germans are at them again. Told that they are, he puts on his papakha and burka and orders, "To horse!" Against a flag he speaks as if to Red Army units drawn up on Red Square, recalling one rifle for three men, then "Either they get us, or we get them." Troops march past him. He tells them to fight better than his men did, curses the enemy with a Chapayev curse, and ends, "Remember, fighters, Chapayev is always with you! Forward!"
Cast & crew
More about Chapayev is with Us
Vladimir Petrov directed this six-minute agitation short at Lenfilm in the first months of the war. Lev Arnshtam and Sergei Gerasimov wrote it. Boris Babochkin again plays Chapayev, the part he had in the 1934 feature. Vladimir Yakovlev photographed it.
Themes
Background
It was released in 1941 as a short meant for Army morale after the German invasion.
Look
Vladimir Yakovlev was the cinematographer.
Notes
- The 1934 film had Chapayev drown in the Ural in 1919. This short has him climb out of that river into 1941.
- Babochkin wears the papakha and burka of the earlier part.
Scenes
- Chapayev wades out of the 1919 crossing and finds two Red Army men in the summer of 1941.
- Troops in parade step pass him while he curses the enemy and sends them forward.
Influenced by
- Chapayev (1934)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1941. Чапаев с нами.webm)
Quotes
Well, what have you got here? Have the Germans climbed in again?
To horse!
There was one rifle for three men!
Either they get us, or we get them!
Remember, fighters, Chapayev is always with you! Forward!
