Episode of Series “Films of the great victory 1941-1945”.
Based on the book by Emmanuil Kazakevich, this film focuses on a group of Russian scouts in WW2, aiming to penetrate Nazi communications and thwart a major attack. Echoing the themes of Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” (2000), director Nikolai Lebedev presents war as chaotic, taxing and disorienting. At times quite claustrophobic, the film works best when presenting the dangerously fraught reconnaissance missions undertaken by the unit.
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ACMI Identifier
319404
Languages
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Russian
Russian
Spanish
Subject categories
Action & Adventure → Action films
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Armed forces
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Soldiers
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Women in war
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Women soldiers
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union
Feature films → Feature films - Russia
Feature films → Feature films - Soviet Union
Literature → Russian literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)