Chapayev is with Us

Short propaganda film released to raise army morale during first months of war. Civil War hero and Red Army commander Vasily Chapayev (killed in 1919 by White Army officers then drowned in the Ural river) swims ashore but it's the summer of 1941. Chapayev asks who are Soviets fighting off this time, hears that it's Germans once again and then gives an inspiring speech. He is played by Boris Babochkin who famously portrayed Chapayev in 1934 biopic.

Genre:

War

Duration:

8 min

Cast:

Boris Babochkin

Quality:

HD

Director:

Vladimir Petrov

Release:

1941

Country:

Russia

Rating:

3.3