Zhivye i myortvye (1964)

Director:

Aleksandr Stolper

Writers:

Konstantin Simonov (novel), Aleksandr Stolper

Stars:

Kirill Lavrov, Anatoliy Papanov, Aleksey Glazyrin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kirill Lavrov	...	Ivan Sinzov
Anatoliy Papanov	...	General Serpilin (as A. Papanov)
Aleksey Glazyrin	...	Malinin (as A. Glazyrin)
Oleg Efremov	...	Ivanov (as O. Efremov)
Lyudmila Krylova	...	Tanja Ovsyannikova (as Lyu. Krylova)
Lev Lyubetskiy	...	Comissar Schmakow (as L. Lyubetskiy)
Vasili Makarov	...	(as V. Makarov)
Roman Khomyatov	...	Lyusin (as R. Khomatov)
Zinovi Vysokovsky	...	(as Z. Vysokovsky)
Yevgeni Samojlov	...	(as Ye. Samojlov)
Oleg Tabakov	...	Krutikov (as O.Tabakov)
Boris Chirkov	...	Biryukov (as B. Chirkov)
Igor Pushkaryov	...	(as I. Pushkaryov)
Viktor Avdyushko	...	(as V. Avdyushko)
Vladimir Muravyov	...	(as V. Muravyov)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

epic | world war two | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

6 November 1964 (East Germany)

Also Known As:

The Alive and the Dead

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

201 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Vozmezdiye (1970)

User Reviews

Gotta give credit to Stolper

Stolper did not take from the book to the screen a lot of Stalin-praising garbage and concentrated on the battle scenes and interactions between soldiers. Let's not forget that this was the movie that brought Papanov to national fame.

One thing that is disappointing is high degree politicizing, which was unavoidable in a 1963 Soviet movie. The second half of the book and the movie deals with how Sinzov lost his party id card and is fighting to get back the credibility and rank. Other then that the movie works.