Batalion (2015)
9KBatalion: Directed by Dmitriy Meskhiev. With Lesya Andreeva, Mariya Antonova, Mariya Aronova, Nikolay Auzin. Russia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women’s Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917.
“Surviving WWI was a feat in itself, yet here we have a story where Russia sent woman into battle against German forces depicted here in the film to the point I found myself wondering how close on the brink of madness was the world at that time, not that woman were in battle but seeing those very woman and their dire situation while emotional integrity still prevailed against unfathomable duress, pointedly stated with the best line from the film when Evdokiya Kolokolchikova, spoke, u0026#39;Weu0026#39;re going there to die.u0026#39; Very good acting and filming direction, with tense trench warfare. A noted point in history hopefully not forgotten.”
