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17 October 1985 (Hungary)
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A boy is unwillingly thrust into the atrocities of war in WWII Byelorussia, fighting for a hopelessly...
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WWII
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Atrocity
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Byelorussia
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German Soldier
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Airplane
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2 wins
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Aleksei Kravchenko | ... | Florya Gaishun (as A. Kravchenko) | |
| Olga Mironova | ... | Glasha (as O. Mironova) | |
| Liubomiras Lauciavicius | ... | Kosach (as L. Lautsyavichius) | |
| Vladas Bagdonas | (as V. Bagdonas) | ||
| Jüri Lumiste | |||
| Viktor Lorents | (as V. Lorents) | ||
| Kazimir Rabetsky | (as K. Rabetsky) | ||
| Yevgeni Tilicheyev | (as Ye. Tilicheyev) | ||
| Aleksandr Berda | (as A. Berda) | ||
| G. Velts | |||
| V. Vasilyev | |||
| Igor Gnevashev | (as I. Gnevashev) | ||
| Vasili Domrachyov | (as V. Domrachyov) | ||
| G. Yelkin | |||
| Ye. Kryzhanovsky |
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142 min | Argentina:146 min | Germany:146 min | USA:140 min
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Iceland:16 |
UK:15 |
France:U |
Germany:16 (DVD rating) |
Argentina:16 |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
West Germany:16
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The director planned to have Aleksei Kravchenko hypnotized by a psychotherapist during the most dreadful and violent scenes so that they wouldn't affect his young mind. However Kravchenko turned out not to be susceptible to hypnosis and had to pretend all the way.
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Anachronisms: Several Germans can be see wielding MP or STG 44's which were not in service until summer 1944 (this film is set in 1943).
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Featured in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
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Die Walküre
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The best true-to-life war movie I have ever seen, and possibly the best movie I have ever seen. My eyes were opened when I saw this for the first time a few days ago. It made me realise what I miss 99% of the time when watching movies. So few affect me like this one did.
No special effects of note, no big budget, no set-pieces of note, no heroes, no redemption. I feel quite sure the director has really captured what war 'feels' like - unlike Spielberg and Coppola's depictions of war, this director lived through WW2 and the horrific siege of Stalingrad, as well as spending many months researching the massacres in Belarus, one of which he depicts in this film (this from the DVD extras, well worth watching).
The direction, cinematography, soundtrack and AMAZING acting by a first-time untrained actor in the main role are faultless, in my humble opinion.
I found this film depressing and emotionally draining, but cannot wait to watch it again.