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Agitfilm. On the growth of revolutionary consciousness of young workers. Years of civil war. Responding to the call to join the Red Army, in the military committees come volunteers. Among them and a young worker Merkulov. However, having received the direction to the front, he begins to hesitate. Seeing this, his father, an old Bolshevik, goes to the front himself.
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RU
Shot in 1971 but banned until 1986, this distinctly Russian war story takes place in 1942 behind enemy lines. A regiment of partisans captures former Red Army lieutenant Lazarev who is dressed in a German uniform. He’s a Nazi defector and collaborator but now desires to switch back and fight with Russian partisans.