Based on a true story. The imprisoned leader of the "Women's' Battalion of Death" recounts her life as she tries to convince her Bolshevik interrogators that she is a Russian patriot.
BiographicalHistoricalPeriodWar/Military
Time Period: 20th CenturyStory Location: EuropeTarget Audience: AdultMaria Bochkareva, the leader of the "Women's Battalion of Death" in World War One, is interrogated by a panel of Bolsheviks. Under interrogation, she recounts her life as she goes from poor peasant to leader of the celebrated women's battalion near the end of the war. Tomas Blok, one of the interrogators is skeptical of her stories and grows extremely hostile toward her which puts him at odds with the primary interrogator. As the interrogation proceeds, tension builds, not only between Bochkareva and her interrogators but between the interrogators themselves.
Gold Medal: June 2024
