A Russian Youth

Plot Summary

A teenage soldier in World War I—a simple village boy with a naive youthful dream of fame and medals—throws himself into the unknown and goes blind in the first battle, thus taking on a new job: intercepting enemy planes by listening to the air through huge metal funnels.

Top Cast

Vladimir Korolyov Private Aleksei

Mikhail Buturlov Private Nazarka

Artyom Leshchik Non-Commissioned Officer Makar Petrovich

Danil Tyabin Soldier-Sanitarian

Sergei Goncharenko Lieutenant