Battalion (2015)

Original title

Батальонъ

Directed by

Dmitry Meskhiev

Genre

drama film, war film, historical film

Country

Russia

Runtime

2h

Rated

15

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A women's combat unit fights on the front lines of World War I. The film follows their training and battle experience under their commanding officer.

patrioticgrimintensegrittysomberinspirationalhistorical

What happens

Battalion (Russian: Батальонъ, Batal'on) is a 2015 Russian war film directed by Dmitry Meskhiev that relates the story of the First Battalion of Death, a women-only Russian combat unit that fought in the First World War. Actress Mariya Aronova plays the role of real-life heroine Maria Bochkareva. Battalion was the biggest winner at the 2015 Golden Eagle Awards, winning four awards out of nine nominations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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