The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
A fat middle-aged man in German officer's uniform gets off a train somewhere in Russia in winter. He is a doctor who has just been called up we learn eventually. This is the end of the line- the Germans are about to retreat. He goes to a hospital which is being evacuated and is thrown out. Kicked out he wanders with another conscript- a failed actor turned postman. The postman is deafened by a shell explosion. They meet their Russian equivalents, others as bad at killing as they are, while other Russians and Germans kill one another around them.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Aleksei German Jr.Director
- Aleksei German Jr.Writer
Cast
- Pavel RomanovCast
- Pyotr MerkuryevCast
- Aleksei MerkuryevCast
- Natalya LvovaCast
- Aleksey DevotchenkoCast
- Irina RakshinaCast
- Oleg FyodorovCast
- Aleksandr LeninCast
- Aleksandr KarpukhovCast
- Sergei TolstovCast
- Ilya MozgovoyCast
- Konstantin Smirnovубитый партизан