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The Young Guard (1948)

★ 7.1171 min

1948 Soviet film

The Young Guard (Russian: Молодая гвардия, romanized: Molodaya Gvardiya) is a two-part 1948 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov and based on the 1946 novel of the same title by Alexander Fadeyev. In 1949 a Stalin Prize for this film was awarded to Gerasimov, cinematographer Vladimir Rapoport, and the leading actors.

The film was the highest grossing Soviet film of 1948, with approximately 48,600,000 tickets sold.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is The Young Guard about?
The Young Guard (1948) — The film is set in the city of Krasnodon in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of Russia. Local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance. The teens manage to outsmart the Nazis in their fight. They blow up the Nazi recruitment offices. Their activity lifts the spirits of
Is The Young Guard based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is The Young Guard scary?
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