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Battalion (Russian: Батальонъ, Batal'on) is a 2015 Russian war film directed by Dmitry Meskhiev that relates the story of the First Battalion of Death, a women-only Russian combat unit that fought in the First World War. Actress Maria Aronova plays the role of real-life heroine Maria Bochkareva. Battalion was the biggest winner at the 2015 Golden Eagle Awards, winning four awards out of nine nominations.
A longer version of the film, split into 4 episodes, was shown on television in March 2016.
Original Release
02/20/2015
US Release
07/14/2015
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lesya Andreeva | Feklusha |
| Mariya Antonova | Evdokiya Kolokolchikova |
| Mariya Aronova | Mariya Bochkareva |
| Nikolay Auzin | Nikolay Seleznev / Seleznyov |
| Marat Basharov | Aleksandr Kerenskiy |
| Margarita Bychkova | mat Nadi |
| Sergey Byzgu | Afanasiy Bochkaryov |
| Valeriy Degtyar | Ilya Tatishchev, general |
| Aleksey Dmitriev | Pankrat |
| Polina Dudkina | Galina Svistunova / Svistunova |
Directors
Writers
Dmitriy Meskhiev, Ilya Avramenko, Evgeniy Ayzikovich, Igor Ugolnikov
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lesya Andreeva | Feklusha |
| Mariya Antonova | Evdokiya Kolokolchikova |
| Mariya Aronova | Mariya Bochkareva |
| Nikolay Auzin | Nikolay Seleznev / Seleznyov |
| Marat Basharov | Aleksandr Kerenskiy |
| Margarita Bychkova | mat Nadi |
| Sergey Byzgu | Afanasiy Bochkaryov |
| Valeriy Degtyar | Ilya Tatishchev, general |
| Aleksey Dmitriev | Pankrat |
| Polina Dudkina | Galina Svistunova / Svistunova |
| Evgeniy Dyatlov | Aleksey Tseplyaev, polkovnik / Tseplyaev, ofitser shtaba |
| Khelga Filippova | mat Toni |
| Konstantin Fisenko | Ofitser |
| Arina Ivanova | Sestra miloserdiya |
| Evgeniy Karpov | General genshtaba |
| Mikhael Kasalov | Petya |
| Kirill Kobzarev | Matros |
| Vitaliy Kovalenko | Borozdin, polkovnik |
| Mariya Kozhevnikova | Natalya Tatishcheva / Tatishcheva |
| Alyona Kuchkova | Nadya |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Evgeniy Ayzikovich | Producer |
| Fedor Bondarchuk | Producer |
| Paul Heth | Producer |
| Dmitriy Rudovskiy | Producer |
| Michael Schlicht | Producer |
| Igor Ugolnikov | Producer |
| Anna Arapova | Producer |
