The Czarina Commands

The Czarina Commands

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 16, 1934

Runtime

1h 6m

Genres

History, Drama

Original Title

Коліївщина

Production Companies

Ukrainfilm

Director

Ivan Kavaleridze

Description

The film attempts to display an episode of the liberation movement in Ukraine - the uprising of Kolievs (serfs, artisans and fishermen) against the tyranny of the feudal lords and the Polish nobility, which ended with a brutal massacre performed by a Russian punitive expedition in 1768.