100 Days Before the Command
(1994)
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100 Days Before the Command
(1994)
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Vladimir Zamanskiy | ... |
The Unknown Man
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Armen Dzhigarkhanyan | ... |
Brigade Commander
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Oleg Vasilkov | ... |
Elin
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Roman Grekov | ... |
Zub
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Valeriy Troshin | ... |
Kudrin
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Aleksandr Chislov | ... |
Zyrin
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Mikhail Solomatin | ... |
Belikov
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Sergei Romantsov | ... |
Titarenko
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Sergey Bystritskiy | ... |
Senior Lieutenant
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Elena Kondulaynen | ... | |
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Oleg Khusainov | ... |
Angel
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Sergei Semyonov | ... |
Captain
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Aleksei Volkov |
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Vladimir Puchkov |
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Pavel Stepanov |
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Five young Red Army recruits struggle for survival against the merciless violence that surrounds them on a daily basis. Their only means of saving their dignity is by preserving the humanity and compassion they share for each other. Visually astonishing, erotically charged and emotionally jarring, this film is Hussein Erkenov's courageous and stinging indictment of Communisum. Banned by the Soviet censors upon its initial release the film had to be smuggled out of the country to make its world wide premier at the 1995 Berlin Film Festival. Written by Mike Stimler
At first sight, comparisons with Tarkovsky and Sokurov are inevitable. However, although this film is visually striking and very atmospheric, it seems to lack balance between the cinematographic and the narrative parts. Watching this movie, feels a little like watching a slide-show by a great photographer.An interesting experience, great to look at, but something is missing. Some parts are obviously dreams or hallucinations, but then I'm still not sure what statement the director intended to make by these parts. Maybe it's all intended to be a dream, and it does indeed have nightmarish qualities. At times I felt like I was watching life shortly before and/or after a nuclear catastrophe. Despite my criticism about "the missing plot" I can't seem to get this movie out of my mind, so it might be brilliant after all. If not, it's still an interesting look "backstage" at how life may have been for soldiers in the red army.