Five Brides (1930)
Original title: Пять невест
Five Brides is a 1930 Russian-language drama movie directed by Aleksandr Solovyov, with a running time of 57m. It stars Amvrosii Buchma, Tamara Adelheim and Raisa Rami-Shor.
A Soviet propaganda film based on material from the Bolshevik coup. During the Russian civil war, the Whites, that anti-Communist force that fought against the Bolsheviks during that period, capture a Jewish Ukranian village; the gang commander threatens a pogrom, and will kill everyone in the village unless the inhabitants agree to give to the White Officers five virgin girls in wedding dresses. Under such terrible pressure, the Jewish council of the town decides, full of sorrow and despair, to sacrifice their daughters to the drunken officers but fortunately and just in time, a detachment of partisans that belong to the Red Army, comes and frees the village.
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What is Five Brides about?
A Soviet propaganda film based on material from the Bolshevik coup. During the Russian civil war, the Whites, that anti-Communist force that fought against the Bolsheviks during that period, capture a Jewish Ukranian village; the gang commander threatens a pogrom, and will kill everyone in the village unless the inhabitants agree to give to the White Officers five virgin girls in wedding dresses. Under such terrible pressure, the Jewish council of the town decides, full of sorrow and despair, to sacrifice their daughters to the drunken officers but fortunately and just in time, a detachment of partisans that belong to the Red Army, comes and frees the village.
When was Five Brides released?
Five Brides was released on 18 March 1930.
How long is Five Brides?
Five Brides runs 57m.
Who made Five Brides?
Five Brides was directed by Aleksandr Solovyov.
Cast
- Amvrosii Buchma as Iyosele / Leiyzere
- Tamara Adelheim as Mirra, bride #1
- Raisa Rami-Shor as Bride #2
- Yulia Koshevskaya as Bride #3
- Tatiana Tokarskaya as Bride #4
- Z. Tsiss as Bride #5
- Matvei Lyarov as Rural rich man
- Borys Shelestov as Petlyura army officer
- V. Kritskiy as Petlyura army officer
- Ivan Malikov-Elvorti as Petlyura army officer
- A. Kharitonov as Petlyura army officer
- Iosif Mindlin as Jew