''Minin and Pozharsky'' (russian: Минин и Пожарский, Minin i Pozharskiy) is a 1939

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

historical drama directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller, based on

Viktor Shklovsky Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky ( rus, Ви́ктор Бори́сович Шкло́вский, p=ˈʂklofskʲɪj; – 6 December 1984) was a Russian and Soviet literary theorist, critic, writer, and pamphleteer. He is one of the major figures ass ...

's novel "Russians at the Beginning of the XVII Century". The film is about the

Time of Troubles The Time of Troubles (russian: Смутное время, ), or Smuta (russian: Смута), was a period of political crisis during the Tsardom of Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Fyodor I (Fyodor Ivanovich, the last of the Rurik dy ...

, Russia's struggle for independence led by

Dmitry Pozharsky Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky ( rus, Дми́трий Миха́йлович Пожа́рский, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ pɐˈʐarskʲɪj; 17 October 1577 – 30 April 1642) was a Russian prince known for his military leadersh ...

and Kuzma Minin against the Polish invasion in 1611–1612. It was the first of several important Soviet films to show Poland as an aggressor. In 1941, Pudovkin, , Livanov, and Khanov received the

Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to: * The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...

Cast

* Aleksandr Khanov as Kuzma Minin * Boris Livanov as Prince Dmitri Pozharsky * Boris Chirkov as Ra Hetman

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Jan Karol Chodkiewicz ( lt, Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius, be, Ян Караль Хадкевіч ; 1561 – 24 September 1621) was a military commander of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army, who was from 1601 Field Hetman of Lithuania, and from 1 ...

* Lev Sverdlin as Grigori Orlov * Vladimir Moskvin as Stepan Khoroshev, stablehand-conspirator * Sergei Komarov as Count Vasili Andreyevich Trubetskoi * Yevgeny Kaluzhhky as Ivan Zarutsky * Lev Fenin as Lt. Smith, Swedish mercenary * Mikhail Astangov as King Sigismund III of Poland * Ivan Chuvelyov as Peasant Conspirator-Leader * Vladimir Dorofeyev as Ovtsyn * Yelizaveta Kuzyurina as Pozharskaya * Nina Nikitina as Palashka * Pyotr Sobolevsky as Anokha, peasant * Yevgeni Gurov as Jesuit de Mallo *

Mikhail Gluzsky Mikhail Andreyevich Gluzsky (russian: Михаи́л Андре́евич Глу́зский; 20 November 1918 – 15 June 2001) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He starred in the 1972 film, ''Monologue'', which was entered ...

as Pozharsky's servant *

Andrei Fajt Andrei Andreyevich Fajt (russian: Андрей Андреевич Файт; 29 August 1903 – 17 January 1976) was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1976. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and died in Moscow ...

as Polish man

References

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* 1939 films Mosfilm films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin Soviet historical drama films 1930s historical drama films Films set in the 1610s Films directed by Mikhail Doller 1939 drama films {{1930s-USSR-film-stub