Three hours of Soviet propaganda? Surprisingly, you'll actually care when they shoot him.
About the life of civil War hero Sergei Lazo, from the day of his baptism to the last minute.
Acting
Storpirštis makes martyrdom weirdly charismatic and human.
Production
Soviet TV budget stretched to epic scope by sheer will.
Director
Vasile Pascaru
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lazo was a real Red Army hero executed by Japanese interventionists in 1920; this 1986 production coincided with glasnost-era re-examination of Civil War myths.
Talgat Nigmatulin, who plays the Japanese antagonist Matsumi, was actually a beloved Soviet action star—casting him as the villain was controversial.
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