---
title: 'Shchors (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Oleksandr Dovzhenko'
released: '1939-05-01'
runtime_minutes: 142
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shchors-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031919/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shchors (1939)

1939 · 142 min · Drama, War, History · Soviet Union

Original title: Щорс

## Synopsis

Shchors is a 1939 Soviet biopic film directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva. Commissioned by Joseph Stalin, the film is a biography of the partisan leader and Ukrainian Bolshevik Nikolai Shchors. Shchors is played by Yevgeny Samoylov (1912–2006).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Oleksandr Dovzhenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleksandr-dovzhenko), [Yuliya Solntseva](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuliya-solntseva)
- **Screenplay:** [Oleksandr Dovzhenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleksandr-dovzhenko)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dmitri Kabalevsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitri-kabalevsky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Yuri Yekelchik](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-yekelchik)

## Cast

- [Luka Lyashenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/luka-lyashenko)
- [Hans Klering](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-klering)
- [Yevgeny Samoylov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-samoylov)
- [Nina Nikitina](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-nikitina)
- [Ivan Skuratov](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-skuratov)

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