''Red Devils'' (russian: Красные дьяволята, Krasnye dyavolyata) is a 1923 Soviet

adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, a ...

directed by

Ivan Perestiani Ivan Nikolaevich Perestiani (also Ivane, ka, ივანე პერესტიანი; russian: Иван Николаевич Перестиани; — 14 May 1959) was a Georgian/Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor, and Peopl ...

based on the eponymous story by Pavel Blyakhin. It has become one of the most famous and oft-quoted works of the Soviet adventure film.

Plot

The film is about the adventures of three young agents, fighters of the

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, set against the background of the

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and the struggle with the

Makhnovist The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine ( uk, Революційна Повстанська Армія України), also known as the Black Army or as Makhnovtsi ( uk, Махновці), named after their leader Nestor Makhno, was a ...

forces. At the beginning

Nestor Makhno Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, The surname "Makhno" ( uk, Махно́) was itself a corruption of Nestor's father's surname "Mikhnenko" ( uk, Міхненко). ( 1888 – 25 July 1934), also known as Bat'ko Makhno ("Father Makhno"),; According to ...

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 Kador Ben-Salim () was a Senegalese-Soviet acrobat, Red Army soldierm and most likely the only actor of African descent in Soviet film throughout the 1920s and early 1930s. A veteran of the Russian Civil War, he appeared in at least eight films, i ...

- Tom Jackson *Vladimir Kucherenko (credited as Vladimir Sutyrin) -

Makhno Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, The surname "Makhno" ( uk, Махно́) was itself a corruption of Nestor's father's surname "Mikhnenko" ( uk, Міхненко). ( 1888 – 25 July 1934), also known as Bat'ko Makhno ("Father Makhno"),; According to ...

*Konstantin Davidovsky -

Budyonny Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyy ( rus, Семён Миха́йлович Будённый, Semyon Mikháylovich Budyonnyy, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bʊˈdʲɵnːɨj, a=ru-Simeon Budyonniy.ogg; – 26 October 1973) was a Russian c ...

*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

* '' The Savur-Mohyla'' (1926) * ''

The Crime of Shirvanskaya ''The Crime of Shirvanskaya'' ( ka, Shirvanskaias danashauli, russian: Преступление княжны Ширванской, Prestuplenie kniazhny Shirvanskoy) is a 1926 Soviet silent adventure film directed by Ivane Perestiani.Rollberg p.5 ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Punishment of Shirvanskaya ''The Punishment of Shirvanskaya'' (Georgian:''Sasdjeli'') is a 1926 Soviet silent adventure film directed by Ivane Perestiani Ivan Nikolaevich Perestiani (also Ivane, ka, ივანე პერესტიანი; russian: Иван Ни� ...

'' (1926) * ''

Ilan-dili ''Ilan-dili'' is a 1926 Soviet silent adventure film directed by Ivane Perestiani.Rollberg p.526 It is the sequel to the film ''The Savur Grave''. Cast * Sofia Jozeffi as Duniasha * Pavel Yesikovsky as Misha * Svetlana Luiks Svetlana ( ...

'' (1926)

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Soviet silent feature films Films directed by Ivan Perestiani Odessa Film Studio films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet adventure films 1923 adventure films 1923 films Cultural depictions of Nestor Makhno Silent adventure films Soviet-era films from Georgia (country) {{1920s-USSR-film-stub

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