Rent 1918: The Battle of Kruty (2019)

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1h 49min
Rent 1918: The Battle of Kruty (aka Kruty 1918  / Winter of the Braves) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
Ukraine, 1918. As a Bolshevik army of 4.000 men advances towards Kiev, with the aim of capturing the city, a small Ukrainian unit of 400 soldiers - the majority young students - is resisting near the railroad station of Kruty. The violent and bloody battle between these two mismatched armies will be a turning point in the war and make heroes of the young soldiers. '1918: The Battle of Kruty' is the amazing true story of one of the most incredible battles of WWI.
Actors:
Maksim Donets, Andrey Fedinchik, , Vasiliy Kukharskiy, , , , Mykola Perestiuk, , , , , , , Nataliya Vasko, ,
Directors:
Aleksey Shaparev
Producers:
Andrii Korniienko
Writers:
Konstantin Konovalov
Aka:
Kruty 1918 / Winter of the Braves
Studio:
High Fliers Video Distribution
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Drama
Countries:
Ukraine
BBFC:
Release Date:
09/11/2020
Run Time:
109 minutes
Languages:
Polish Dolby Digital 2.0, Polish Dolby Digital 5.1, Russian Dolby Digital 2.0, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1, Ukrainian Dolby Digital 2.0, Ukrainian Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour

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Sad Premonition of Today - 1918: The Battle of Kruty review by CV

Spoiler Alert
08/06/2024

It seems that this film, made in 2019, was to be a centenary commemoration of the Battle of Kruty (1918) where a small force of Ukrainians put to rout a much larger force of Bolshevik Russians determined to bring the Ukraine, an independent state, into the hegemony of the new Soviet Union. How sad that history has repeated itself when we have witnessed how the present day Ukrainians managed to hold off Putin's forces in 2022, defending Kyiv. The Ukrainians must have had a thought about this possibility at the time as the leader of the Bolsheviks is played by an actor that looks like a younger Putin, himself. The film features three friends who volunteer as soldiers and their experiences are followed through the action. There is a bit of propagandizing I feel: the Bolshevik general is a mad drug-addicted "Putin" character, throwing scores of men to their death at entrenched positions, while the military regime in the Ukrainian ranks is decidedly humane and genial by contrast. Interesting but not a classic.

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