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Battle for Our Soviet Ukraine, 1943.

Original title: Bitva za nashu Sovetskuyu Ukrainu, a.k.a. Battle for Soviet Russia (UK), a.k.a. Ukraine in Flames (USA)
Copyright: the Central Documentary Film Studio, the Ukrainian Documentary Chronicle Film Studio, 1943
Format: feature documentary
Carrier: DVD
Color: black-and-white
Length: 72"; 7 p., 2193
Original language: Russian
English subtitles: yes

Film crew
Art director and author of narration: Oleksander Dovzhenko
Director: Yulia Solntseva, Yakiv Avdienko
Cinematographer: V. Afanasyev, Kostiantyn Bohdan, Mykola Bykov, Boris Vakar, Mykhailo Hlider, Solomon Golbrikh, Izrail Goldshtein, I. Zaporozhsky, M. Kapkin, P. Kasatkin, Isaak Katsman, v. Komarov, Yuli Kun, G. Mogilevsky, Valentin Orliankin, B. Rogachevsky, S. Semenov, Viktor Smorodin, I. Sof’in, S. Sheynin, V. Shtatland, Sergey Urusevsky, V. Frolenko, and others
Narrator: Leonid Khmara
Original music: Dmytro Klebanov, Andry Shtoharenko
Sound editor: V. Kotov, Ye, Kashkevich
Conductor: D. Blok

Synopsis
The film depicts events (1941-1943) of the Second World War on the German-Soviet front, for example, the Red Army takeover of the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv, Artemivsk, Kramatorsk, Donetsk, and Mariupol. There are scenes of the pro-Soviet guerilla camp of Sydir Kovpak as well. Episodes of joint military operations by the Soviet and Czechoslovak units are also featured.
The film was dubbed into 26 languages and widely screened in Europe and North America.

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