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Alexander Parkhomenko (1942)

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Original title
Александр Пархоменко
Directed by
Leonid Lukov
Genre
war film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film covers the life of Alexander Parkhomenko, a Ukrainian Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War. It focuses on his military campaigns and his death in combat against anarchist forces.

heroicinspirationalbiographicalpatrioticdramaticwartimehistoricalrousing

What happens

Alexander Parkhomenko, (Russian: Александр Пархоменко) is a 1942 Soviet biographical drama film directed by Leonid Lukov based on Vsevolod Ivanov's novel "Parkhomenko" (1938). During the Khrushchev thaw in 1962, a new version of the film was released, in which all scenes featuring Stalin and all mentions of him were removed, and the role of Pyotr Aleynikov (Vasya Gaivoron) was partially re-dubbed by Gennady Dudnik. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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