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The Commissars

The Commissars

This ideologically charged film as a typical sample of Soviet version of history portrays the events in Ukraine in 1921 after the defeat of Ukrainian liberation struggle and the occupation of the country by invading Bolshevik hordes. The Bolsheviks are good guys and Ukrainian rebels refusing to submit to a new, this time Soviet, slavery are portrayed as bandits and brigands fighting against their own people.

Release DateJuly 1, 1971
StatusReleased
Original TitleКомісари
Runtime1h 14min
Budget
Revenue
LanguageRussian, Ukrainian
Original LanguageUkrainian
Production CountriesSoviet Union
Production CompaniesDovzhenko Film Studios