The Young Guard (, translit. Molodaya Gvardiya) is a two-part 1948 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov and based on the novel of the same title by Alexander Fadeyev. In 1949 a Stalin Prize for this film was awarded to Gerasimov, cinematographer Vladimir Rapoport, and the group of leading actors. The film was also the highest grossing Soviet film of 1948, with approximately 48,600,000 tickets sold. Synopsis The film is set in July 1942 during The Great Patriotic War. Part of the Red Army leaves the mining town Krasnodon. After that, the city gets occupied by the German troops. Enemy machines destroy their path and members of the Komsomol group are forced to return home. In response to the atrocities of the invaders, the young Komsomol members, who are former students, create an underground anti-fascist Komsomol organization Young Guard. This organization leads a covert war against the occupation forces; young men spread antifascist leaflets, free a group of Red Army prisoners, burn the German stock exchange, thus saving their countrymen from being sent to work in Germany. On the day of the Red October anniversary, the young guards hang red Soviet flags. Cast Vladimir Ivanov as Oleg Koshevoy Inna Makarova as Lyubov Shevtsova Nonna Mordyukova as Uliana Gromova Sergei Gurzo as Sergei Tyulenin Lyudmila Shagalova as Valeriya Borts Viktor Khokhryakov as Commander Protzenko Viktor Avdyushko as worker Aleksandr Antonov as Ignat Fomin, Hilfspolizei Yevgeny Morgunov as Evgeny Stakhovich Sergey Bondarchuk as Andrey Valko Muza Krepkogorskaya as Lazarenko References External links 1948 films 1940s Russian-language films Gorky Film Studio films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Sergei Gerasimov Films based on Russian novels Soviet World War II films Films scored by Dmitri Shostakovich Soviet war drama films 1940s war drama films 1948 drama films Films set in 1942