The Battalion

The Battalion

First. Women's. Immortal.

Director: Dmitry Meskhiev

Writer: Igor Ugolnikov, Evgeny Ayzikovich

Producer: Dmitry Rudovsky, Igor Ugolnikov, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Paul Heth, Michael Schlicht

Russia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917.

120 min Rating: 6.837/10 Released

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Mariya Aronova
Mariya Aronova
Mariya Bochkareva
Marat Basharov
Marat Basharov
Aleksandr Kerenskiy
Evgeniy Dyatlov
Evgeniy Dyatlov
Tseplyaev, ofitser shtaba
Mariya Antonova
Mariya Antonova
Evdokiya Kolokolchikova

Movie Info

Director: Dmitry Meskhiev

Writer: Igor Ugolnikov, Evgeny Ayzikovich

Producer: Dmitry Rudovsky, Igor Ugolnikov, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Paul Heth, Michael Schlicht

Production Companies: Art Pictures Studio, Corner Work, Algous studio, Channel One, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Russian Military Historical Society, Solofilm

Countries: Russia

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