Fedka

1936 War Directed by Nikolai Lebedev

About Fedka

During the Russian Civil War, orphan Fyodor Trofimov, called Fedka, loses his father to the Whites. A Red cavalry unit takes him in. Nicolai Lebedev directed the Lenfilm picture. Doyvber Levin is the writer on Wikidata. No longer plot is in the catalog overview.

Cast & crew

More about Fedka

Wikidata gives the year 1936 and the Soviet Union, and lists no running time, cast, cinematographer, or composer.

Themes

an orphan of the Civil War
adoption by a cavalry unit
Fedka
Trofimov
Red cavalry
Whites
Lenfilm

Background

The story is set in the Civil War, with the father killed on the White side of the fighting and the boy taken up by Reds.

Notes

The boy's formal name in the catalog is Fyodor Trofimov.
The unit that adopts him is cavalry, not infantry.
No English Wikipedia article is linked from the item.
The Commons file is labeled 1936. Федька.

Scenes

The Red cavalry unit takes in Fedka after the Whites kill his father.

Also available

Wikimedia Commons (1936. Федька.webm)