Chapaev (1934) movie 

This film is based on the book about Vasili Ivanovich Chapaev (1887 - 1919) who was in real life the Commander of the 25th Division of the Red Army. Chapaev is an uneducated peasant and a decorated hero in the World War I and later in the Russian Civil War, that followed the Russian revolution. This man of action is fighting on the side of the poor people. His troops consist of peasants, just like him. Unable to write, he can brilliantly demonstrate various battle tactics by moving potatoes on the table. He is street smart. He never lost a battle against the experienced Generals of the Tzar's Army.
Chapaev (1934) movie
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, War
Production company: Lenfilm
Directed by Georgi Vasilyev, Sergey Vasilyev
Writing Credits: Anna Furmanov, Dimitri Furmanov (novel), Georgi Vasilyev, Sergey Vasilyev
Music by Gavriil Popov
Cinematography by Aleksandr Ksenofontov, Aleksandr Sigaev
Cast:
Boris Babochkin as Chapayev
Leonid Kmit as Petka
Varvara Myasnikova as Anka
Boris Blinov as Furmanov
Illarion Pevtsov as Colonel Borozdin
Stepan Shkurat as Borozdin's striker
Vyacheslav Volkov as Yelan
Nikolai Simonov as Zhikharev
Boris Chirkov as Peasant
Emil Gal as Tall veterinary sergeon
Mikhail Gipsi as A red soldier
Konstantin Nazarenko as The Lanky Fellow
Mikhail Rostovtsev as Short veterinary sergeon
Georgi Vasilyev as A white officer
Elena Volyntseva as Peasant woman
Victor Yablonsky as Cossack
Georgi Zhzhyonov as Teresha