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During production, there was concern of the growing political tension between Russia and Ukraine. Serhiy Mokrytskyi, who is better known as a cinematographer, served as director after his arrival, the plot was altered to more closely match Pavlichenko's life.
Battle for sevastopol archive#
The filming began in 2012 after the first archive material devoted to Pavlichenko was examined.
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In a twist of events, her almost perfect shooting results at the range eventually result in the Red Army contacting her to enter a sharpshooting program. In 1937, Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a student who has just passed the entrance exams for Kiev State University to celebrate, she goes to a shooting range with her friends including a female classmate named Masha.