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...
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- Released
- Production
- Mosfilm, Mafilm
Keywords
- spanish civil war (1936-39)
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Top Cast
András Kozák as Zalka Máté, Lukács tábornok
Oleg Vavilov as Aljosa Eisner
Konstantin Zakharov as Belov
Vladimir Vikhrov as a fiatal Zalka
Vakhtang Kikabidze as Durruti
Georgiy Sokolov as Batov
István Bujtor as Otto Flatter
Top Crew
Manos Zacharias · Director
July Dunsky · Writer
Valeri Frid · Writer
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