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The Battalion

The Battalion

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The Battalion

"First. Women's. Immortal."

2015

2h 0m

6.6(51 votes)

War

Action

Drama

History

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

Art Pictures Studio

Algous studio

Channel One

Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

Cinema Foundation of Russia

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Mariya Aronova

Mariya Aronova

Mariya Bochkareva

Mariya Kozhevnikova

Mariya Kozhevnikova

Tatishcheva

Irina Rakhmanova

Irina Rakhmanova

Froska

Marat Basharov

Marat Basharov

Aleksandr Kerenskiy

Evgeniy Dyatlov

Evgeniy Dyatlov

Tseplyaev, ofitser shtaba

Mariya Antonova

Mariya Antonova

Evdokiya Kolokolchikova

Dmitriy Shevchenko

Dmitriy Shevchenko

Pyotr Polovtsev

Artur Vakha

Artur Vakha

Soldat-bolshevik

Evgeniya Natanova

Rivka

Mats Reinhardt

Mats Reinhardt

Yosef Zepp

Creative team

Directed by: Dmitry Meskhiev
Written by: Igor Ugolnikov
Evgeny Ayzikovich
Produced by: Fyodor Bondarchuk
Paul Heth

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