For the Red Banner

Agitfilm. On the growth of revolutionary consciousness of young workers. Years of civil war. Responding to the call to join the Red Army, in the military committees come volunteers. Among them and a young worker Merkulov. However, having received the direction to the front, he begins to hesitate. Seeing this, his father, an old Bolshevik, goes to the front himself.

V. Ostrovskiy

Old Bolshevik Merkulov

Oleg Frelikh

Merkulov's son

V. Vasilyev

Factory worker

A. Kasyanova

• Vladimir KasyanovDirector
• Andrey SmoldovskyWriter
• Stanislaw SebelDirector of Photography
• Vladimir GardinEditor

Release date

February 23, 1919

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Genres

War, Drama