In the Days of Struggle

In the Days of Struggle (1920)

Drama

An agit-film about the struggle of Ukrainian peasants against the White Poles. A young woman, the daughter of a blacksmith taken prisoner by the White Poles, and a Red commander organise a partisan unit. One scene depicts the capture of a Polish landowner attempting to elude capture. He had been hiding from the Red Army soldiers in a barrel. The peasants nailed the barrel shut and, having inscribed the words: ‘To Warsaw – to Mr Piłsudski’, threw it into the Dnieper. The role of the Red commander was V.I. Pudovkin’s first film role. The production was carried out by a group of students from the State Film School as part of a competition organised by the All-Union Film and Cinematography Committee (VFK). Lost film.

Director: Ivane Perestiani

Casts

	Andrei Gorchilin as Blacksmith
	Nina Shaternikova as Blacksmith's Daughter
	Ivan Kapralov as Polish officer
	Vsevolod Pudovkin as Red Army Commander
	Feofan Shipulinsky as Polish landowner
	Nikolay Vishnyak as Bandit
	Anna Chekulaeva as Jewish Woman
	Sergei Shishko as Bandura Player

Crew