Defeat of Yudenich
About Defeat of Yudenich
In the autumn of 1919, workers in revolutionary Petrograd and Red Army soldiers fight General Nikolai Yudenich's White units. Vladimir Gardin plays Yudenich. Konstantin Skorobogatov plays the worker Ivan Yegorovich Ivanov, and Pavel Kadochnikov plays Senyushkin.
Cast & crew
More about Defeat of Yudenich
Pavel Petrov-Bytov directed at Lenfilm from a script by Vladimir Nedobrovo and Nikolai Brykin. Anatoli Nazarov photographed it, Pyotr Yakimov designed the sets, Venedikt Pushkov wrote the music, and A. Reshetov wrote the song lyrics. Another title is Defense of Petrograd. It was finished in 1940 and premiered in 1941.
Background
The story is the White advance on Petrograd in October 1919, filmed at Lenfilm two decades later and released just before the German invasion.
Look
Anatoli Nazarov was the cinematographer.
Music
Venedikt Pushkov wrote the score. A. Reshetov wrote the song texts.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Vasili Sofronov plays Vsevolod Sergeyevich Bakhmetyev, Vladimir Chestnokov plays Lyudenkvist, and Aleksandr Melnikov plays a small fighter.
- Gennady Michurin plays Nikolai Fomich Osokin.
- The sound recordist was Pyotr Vitsinsky and the editor V. Mironova.
Scenes
- Red Army men and Petrograd workers hold the city against Yudenich's troops.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1940. Разгром Юденича.webm)
