The Young Guard

Name: The Young Guard
Director: Sergei Gerasimov
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1948-10-11
Duration: 3 h 9 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Vladimir Ivanov, Inna Makarova, Nonna Mordyukova, Sergei Gurzo, Vyacheslav Tikhonov

1948

3h 9m

Drama War

Director: Sergei Gerasimov

Writer: Sergei Gerasimov

Overview

In 1942, local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance in the city of Krasnodon during the Nazi occupation of Russia. The teens manage to outsmart the Nazis in their fight, and their activity lifts the spirits of the surviving citizens.