''The Defense of Volotchayevsk'' () is a 1937 Soviet history war film directed and written by the

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. The Japanese squadron arrives at the raid of Vladivostok. The Japanese command landed troops in the Far East to allegedly protect their citizens.

Plot

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, a

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squadron appears off the coast of

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. On the flagship, Colonel Ushijima (played by

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), the leader of the Japanese expeditionary corps, converses with an

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journalist. The colonel claims his hobby is botany and that he has come to

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to collect forget-me-nots found only in the Suchan District (now

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). In reality, the Japanese seek an excuse for intervention. The task of orchestrating a provocation is assigned to White Army lieutenant Grishin, who murders a Japanese watchmaker. This act serves as a pretext for the Japanese to land troops in Vladivostok, eventually moving toward the region of Volochaevka near

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Cast

* Varvara Myasnikova as Masha *

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as Andrei *

as Col. Ushujima *

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as White Guard Officer *

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as Old Man * Boris Blinov as Bublik * Vladimir Lukin as Egor *

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* Pavel Volkov *

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Sergey Filippov Sergey Nikolayevich Filippov (, 24 June 1912 — 19 April 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor and comedian, best known for his parts in films ''Adventures of Korzinkina'' (1941), ''The Night Patrol'' (1957) and the adaptation of ...

Волочаевские дни (1938) Full Cast & Crew
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References

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* 1937 war films 1937 films 1930s Soviet films 1930s Russian-language films 1930s historical drama films 1930s war drama films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet historical drama films Russian-language historical drama films Soviet war drama films Russian-language war drama films {{1930s-USSR-film-stub Films scored by Dmitri Shostakovich