The read
It runs a compact 1h 6m.
Synopsis
A group of Belarusian anti-Soviet insurgents from the failed Slutsk Defence Action wanders through forests, fleeing the from the surrounding Bolshevik army. To escape captivity or death in battle with a subsequent identification of their bodies and retaliation against their families, the insurgents decide to commit group suicide in a place hidden from the Bolsheviks.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Key crew
- Valery PonomaryovDirector
- Vasili BykovWriter
- Valery PonomaryovWriter