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She Defends the Motherland (1943)

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Original title
Она защищает Родину
Directed by
Fridrikh Ermler
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman seeks vengeance after her husband is killed by German forces during World War II. She leads a group of partisans fighting against the invaders.

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What happens

She Defends the Motherland, (Russian: Она защищает Родину) is a 1943 Soviet World War II film starring Vera Maretskaya and directed by Fridrikh Ermler. It was distributed in the United States by Artkino Pictures as No Greater Love, also in 1943, with a dubbed-English soundtrack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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