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Episode of Series “Films of the great victory 1941-1945”.
Expressionistic melodrama set in WW2, about a young Russian woman, who believes her lover to have perished in battle. Devastated by grief she falls into a passionless affair with his cousin, who seduces her during an air-raid. Struggling to find meaning amid the tragedies that have befallen her and the calamity of war, she vacillates between despair and hope. Winner of the Palm d’or at Cannes. Stars Tatyana Samoylova in the title role.
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ACMI Identifier
319407
Languages
Arabic
Chinese
Dutch
English
English
French
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese
Russian
Russian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - France - Cannes - Awards
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Anti-war works
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Soldiers
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Europe
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Grief
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Seduction
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women
Feature films → Feature films - Russia
Feature films → Feature films - Soviet Union
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Choice (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Grief
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Grief - Psychological aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women
Literature → Russian literature - Film and video adaptations
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)