---
title: 'The Young Guard (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergei Gerasimov'
released: '1948-10-18'
runtime_minutes: 171
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-young-guard-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040601/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Young Guard (1948)

1948 · 171 min · Drama, War · Soviet Union

Original title: Молодая гвардия

## Synopsis

The Young Guard is a two-part 1948 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov and based on the 1946 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 leading actors.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sergei Gerasimov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-gerasimov)
- **Screenplay:** [Sergei Gerasimov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-gerasimov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dmitri Shostakovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitri-shostakovich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vladimir Rapoport](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-rapoport)

## Cast

- [Nonna Mordyukova](https://cinepixo.com/people/nonna-mordyukova) as Ulyana Gromova
- [Vladimir Ivanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-ivanov) as Oleg Koshevoy
- [Inna Makarova](https://cinepixo.com/people/inna-makarova) as Lyubov Shevtsova
- [Georgi Yumatov](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgi-yumatov) as Anatoly Popov
- [Lyudmila Shagalova](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyudmila-shagalova) as Valeriya Borts
- [Vyacheslav Tikhonov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vyacheslav-tikhonov) as Vladimir Osmuhin
- [Karaman Mgeladze](https://cinepixo.com/people/karaman-mgeladze) as Georgy Arutyunyants
- [Boris Bityukov](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-bityukov) as Ivan Zemnuhov
- [Sergei Bondarchuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-bondarchuk)
- [Sergei Gurzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-gurzo) as Sergey Tyulenin
- [Gleb Romanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/gleb-romanov) as Ivan Turkenich

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-young-guard-1948
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1976498); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.