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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).
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Ukraine has suffered greatly throughout the 20th century, facing devastating wars, famines, genocides, and environmental catastrophes. This tumultuous history left a lasting impact on Oleksandr (Alexander) Dovzhenko, the giant of Ukrainian cinema, whose films often grappled with these themes. One of those works is the 1939 war biopic *Shchors*, though it remains relatively obscure in contemporary times. Set against…More
