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The story of a man whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...

Released

1959-04-12
Revenue

n/a
Budget

n/a
Runtime

1hr 43m
Genre

Drama, War
Status

Released
Language

English, Deutsch, Pусский, Français
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Production

Mosfilm

Crew

Sergey Bondarchuk

Director

Yuriy Lukin

Screenplay

Keywords:

fascist concentration camp

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Cast

Sergey Bondarchuk

Sokolov

Pavel Boriskin

Vanyushka

Zinaida Kirienko

Irina

Pavel Volkov

Ivan

Yuri Averin

Müller

Konstantin Alekseev

German Major

Pavel Vinnikov

Soviet Colonel

Yevgeni Teterin

Writer

Anatoli Chemodurov

Soviet Artillery Lieutenant Colonel

Aleksandr Novikov

Soviet Christian Prisoner of War

Lev Borisov

Platoon Commander

Viktor Markin

Captive Surgeon

Yevgeni Kudryashov

Kryzhnev

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Vladimir Ivanov

Lead Singer

Pyotr Savin

Pyotr

Yevgeniya Melnikova

Landlady

Vyacheslav Beryozko

Nikolai Aparin

Captive in the Church

Nikolay Pechentsov

Concentration Camp Prisoner

Andrey Puntus

German Officer in the Concentration Camp

Georgi Shapovalov

Concentration Camp Prisoner

Vladimir Strelnikov

Anatoliy

Anatoli Berladin

Soviet Soldier (uncredited)

Vladimir Boriskin

Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited)

Aleksey Egorov

Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited)

Andrey Karasyov

German Soldier (uncredited)

Vladimir Kartashov

(uncredited)

Aleksandr Lebedev

Young Soviet Soldier (uncredited)

Viktors Lorencs

One-eyed German Officer (uncredited)

Georgi Millyar

Drunk German Soldier (uncredited)

Olga Mingalyova

(uncredited)

Yuri Mikhajlov

Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited)

Yevgeni Morgunov

Fat German Soldier (uncredited)

Pyotr Mukhin

Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited)

Muin Mukhitdinov

Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited)

Jüri Müür

German Officer (uncredited)

Daniil Netrebin

Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited)

Anatoly Nikitin

Soviet Officer (uncredited)

Viktor Shtykov

Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited)

Viktor Yakovlev

Concentration Camp Prisoner (uncredited)

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-12-14

"Sokolov" (Sergey Bondarchuk) hopes that his warrior days are behind him after the civil war as he settles down with sweetheart "Irina" (Zin... read more

"Sokolov" (Sergey Bondarchuk) hopes that his warrior days are behind him after the civil war as he settles down with sweetheart "Irina" (Zinaida Kirienko) and starts a family. Sadly for him, the Nazis don't share his desires for a peaceable life and so he is duly conscripted into the Soviet army. Like so many of his counterparts, he waves goodbye to his family promising to return but having no real idea when or if he shall. Things definitely don't get off to a good start when he is captured by the invaders and imprisoned amidst a perilous environment of arbitrary killings regardless of whether you are a prisoner of war, a Russian citizen or a Jew. With the impetus of the war shifting, though, he manages to escape and we follow his attempts to make it back home to his family. Now this is told in retrospective so we do know what the outcome of his searching is going to be and as we near the denouement we find a character that's utterly devoid of hope - until the young lad "Vanya" (a joyous effort from Pavel Boriskin) makes an unpredictably profound impact on the older man now largely bereft of purpose. The wartime photography delivers strongly here illustrating the mayhem and chaos brought by the indiscriminate activities of their enemy and, latterly, their own forces whilst clearly demonstrating the horrors randomly inflicted on the population. Bondarchuk is also expert at portraying a character that is simple, decent and ultimately one who wants merely to be left to the joys of his family and his hard work. That's especially poignant when he is facing death at the hands of the prison camp commandant who sees the killing of his inmates as little different from sport. There's a tiny bit of religiosity in here too, which I thought added an extra human dimension to a story that could just as easily be applied to any of a million foot soldiers fighting in WWII without knowing what was going on at home. If the last scene doesn't bring a lump to your throat...