| The Defense of Volotchayevsk | |
| Native Name: | ru|Волочаевские дни |
| Director: | Vasilyev brothers |
| Music: | Dmitri Shostakovich |
| Cinematography: | Aleksandr Sigayev |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
The Defense of Volotchayevsk (ru|Волочаевские дни) is a 1937 Soviet history war film directed and written by the Vasilyev brothers.[1] [2] [3]
The Japanese squadron arrives at the raid of Vladivostok. The Japanese command landed troops in the Far East to allegedly protect their citizens.[4]
In 1918, a Japanese Navy squadron appears off the coast of Vladivostok. On the flagship, Colonel Ushijima (played by Lev Sverdlin), the leader of the Japanese expeditionary corps, converses with an American journalist. The colonel claims his hobby is botany and that he has come to Siberia to collect forget-me-nots found only in the Suchan District (now Partizansky District, Primorsky Krai). In reality, the Japanese seek an excuse for intervention.
The task of orchestrating a provocation is assigned to White Army lieutenant Grishin, who murders a Japanese watchmaker. This act serves as a pretext for the Japanese to land troops in Vladivostok, eventually moving toward the region of Volochaevka near Khabarovsk.