Battle for Soviet Ukraine

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Битва за нашу Советскую Украину
(Battle for Soviet Ukraine)
Directed by Alexander Dovzhenko
Yuliya Solntseva
Produced by V. Murin
Written by Alexander Dovzhenko
Narrated by Alexander Dovzhenko
Editing by Alexander Dovzhenko
Distributed by Central and Ukrainian Newsreel Studios
Release date(s) 1943 (1943) (Soviet Union)
Running time 80 min.
Language Russian
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Battle for Soviet Ukraine (Russian: Битва за нашу Советскую Украину, translit. Bitva za nashu Sovetskuyu Ukrainu) (1943), is a Soviet documentary by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva. It is Dovzhenko's first World War II documentary, and dealt with the Battle of Kharkov. The film cleverly incorporates German footage of the invasion of Ukraine, which was later captured by the Soviets.