Dzhalma (1929)
In the Caucasus, among the picturesque mountains there is a guerrilla war between the Whites from Bicherakhov’s division and the Red Army soldiers. The Chechen girl Dzhalma finds an injured Ukrainian guy Mykola in a valley. She saves his life and helps him to recover. Young people fall in love with each other, and after the Bolshevik’s victory both of them travel to Ukraine. Dzhalma ends up in a traditional Ukrainian village.
Director: Arnold Kordium
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Lidiya Ostrovskaya-Kurdyum as Dzhalma |
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Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskyi as Nikolay Barabash, Dzhalma's husband |
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V. Kritskiy as Ivan Tsvirkun, church warden |
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D. Lyubchenko as Gnat Barabash, Nikolay's father |
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Tamara Gorban as Varvara, Tsvirkun's daughter |
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Olga Kizimovskaya as Varvara's sister |
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Mykola Braterskyi as Petro Kozolup |
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E. Razvazhevskaya as Teacher |
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Nataliya Gebdovskaya as Daughter |
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P. Kostenko as |
| Directing | Arnold Kordium | Director |
| Writing | Arnold Kordium | Writer |
| Art | Vasyl Krychevskyi | Production Design |
| Camera | Yuriy Tamarskiy | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Yan Krayevskyi | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Viktor Biyazi | Writer |
| Writing | Vadym Ohrymenko | Writer |