Red Devils (film)

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.[1] It has become one of the most famous and oft-quoted works of the Soviet adventure film.[2]

Red Devils
Directed byIvan Perestiani
Pavel Blyakhin
Written byIvan Perestiani
Pavel Blyakhin
Starring
  • Pavel Yesikovsky
  • Sofia Josephey
  • Kador Ben-Salim
  • Vladimir Kucherenko
Music byI. Gokieli
CinematographyAleksander Digmelov
Production
company
Cinema section of People's Commissariat of Georgia
Odessa Film Studio
Release date
  • 1923 (1923)
Running time
139 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

The film is about the adventures of three young agents, fighters of the 1st Cavalry Army, set against the background of the Russian Civil War and the struggle with the Makhnovist forces. At the beginning Nestor Makhno and his troops attack the village, committing various crimes, including murdering peasants, robbing huts, stealing livestock, killing communists. In the attack, a man's father is captured, tortured and killed under Makhno's orders. Afterwards, the three of them organize a detachment against Makhno.

Cast

  • Pavel Yesikovsky - Misha
  • Sofia Josephey - Dunyasha, Misha's sister
  • Kador Ben-Salim - Tom Jackson
  • Vladimir Kucherenko (credited as Vladimir Sutyrin) - Makhno
  • Konstantin Davidovsky - Budyonny
  • G. Lane - Petrov, worker, father of Misha and Dunyashi
  • Nikolay Nirov - Garbuzenko
  • Svetlana Lux - Oksana
  • Jan Burinsky - captain
  • Zakariy Berishvili - bandit
  • Georgiy Makarov - bandit
  • Patwakan Barkhudaryan - bandit

Sequels

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See also

Red Devils (story)

References


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