A Comrade's Honour (Russian: Честь товарища, romanized: Chest tovarishcha) is a 1953 Soviet drama film directed by Nikolay Lebedev and starring Konstantin Skorobogatov, Boris Kokovkin and Gennadiy Michurin.
[1] Based on Boris Izyumsky's novella Red Epaulets, the film explores the education of future officers of the Soviet Army.
Major Bokhanov (Vladimir Druzhnikov), the new instructor at a Suvorov Military School, is immediately tasked with resolving a conflict involving senior cadet Gennady Pashkov and his peers.
Gennady, arrogant and self-centered, often mocked friendships between boys and girls and was willing to betray his comrades.
By the time the cadets graduate, his friends are confident that Pashkov will become a capable and respected commander.