Synopsis
Bela Frankl, a young Hungarian, is taken prisoner by Russia during the First World War, defects to the side of the revolution and some time later, under the pseudonym Mate Zalka, becomes a famous Soviet writer. In 1936, having arrived as a volunteer in Spain, he becomes General Lukacs, forms the 12th International Brigade of non-professional fighters and takes the first heavy battles with Franco's cadre formations...
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- July DunskyWriter
- Manos ZachariasDirector
- Valeri FridWriter
Cast
- András KozákZalka Máté, Lukács tábornok
- Oleg VavilovAljosa Eisner
- Konstantin ZakharovBelov
- Vladimir Vikhrova fiatal Zalka
- Vakhtang KikabidzeDurruti
- Georgiy SokolovBatov
- István BujtorOtto Flatter
- Aleksandr IvanovCast
Themes
spanish civil war (1936-39)