Minin and Pozharsky (1939)

Original title

Минин и Пожарский

Directed by

Mikhail Doller, Vsevolod Pudovkin

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

2h 14m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 17th century Russia, a merchant named Minin and a nobleman named Pozharsky unite a fractured nation to fight against a Polish invasion. The film follows their struggle to rally the people and lead a military campaign for their country's independence.

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What happens

Minin and Pozharsky (Russian: Минин и Пожарский, romanized: Minin i Pozharskiy) is a 1939 Soviet historical drama directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller, based on Viktor Shklovsky's novel "Russians at the Beginning of the XVII Century". The film is about the Time of Troubles, Russia's struggle for independence led by Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin against the Polish Invasion in 1611–1612. It was the first of several important Soviet films to show Poland as an aggressor. In 1941, Pudovkin, Doller, Livanov, and Khanov received the Stalin Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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