Red Devils (1923)

Original title

Красные дьяволята

Directed by

Ivan Perestiani

Genre

silent film, adventure film

Country

Georgian SSR

Runtime

2h 19m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three young volunteers work as scouts for the Red Cavalry during the Russian Civil War. They face off against the anarchist army of Nestor Makhno.

fast-pacedlightheartedadventurousheroicold-fashionednaive

What happens

Red Devils (Russian: Красные дьяволята, romanized: Krasnye dyavolyata) is a 1923 Soviet adventure film directed by Ivan Perestiani based on the eponymous story by Pavel Blyakhin. The story follows three daredevils who volunteer as scouts for the Red Cavalry during the Soviet fight against the forces of Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary Nestor Makhno during the Russian Civil War. It has become one of the most famous and oft-quoted works of the Soviet adventure film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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