White Tiger (2012)
"Belyy tigr" (original title)

Great Patriotic War, early 1940s. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.

Director:

Karen Shakhnazarov

Writers:

Aleksandr Borodyanskiy (screenplay), Ilya Boyashov (novel),

Stars:

Aleksey Vertkov, Vitaliy Kishchenko, Valeriy Grishko

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aleksey Vertkov	...	Naydenov
Vitaliy Kishchenko	...	Fedotov
Valeriy Grishko	...	Zhukov
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov	...	Smirnov (as Dmitriy Bykovskiy)
Gerasim Arkhipov	...	Sharipov
Aleksandr Vakhov	...	Kryuk
Vitaliy Dordzhiev	...	Berdyev
Vladimir Ilin	...	Nachalnik gospitalya
Karl Kranzkowski	...	Gitler (as Karl Krantskovski)
Christian Redl	...	Keytel (as Kristian Redl)
Klaus Grünberg	...	Shtumpf (as Klaus Gryunberg)
Vilmar Bieri	...	Frideburg (as Vilmar Biri)
Dirk Martens	...	Nemetskiy tankist
Michael Schenk	...	Nemetskiy ofitser (as Maykl Shenk)
V. Chankin

Storyline

Great Patriotic War, early 1940s. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.

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Plot Keywords:

tiger tank | red army | great patriotic war | world war two | t 34 tank | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | War

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Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

3 May 2012 (Russia)

Also Known As:

The White Tiger

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm, Channel One Russia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The official submission of Russia to the Best Foreign Language Film of the 85th Academy Awards 2013.

User Reviews

shadow of myth

a film about war. a surviver. a tank. a fight like Melville's Moby Dick. image of battle in smoke lens. and all ingredients for this type of movie. it is difficult to say if it is a good film or not. crumbs of many histories about last world conflict are stones in a not flat mount. all is at right place. but , in few moments, the tale is only a sketch.sure, a film far from usual cages of ideology or triumphalism is a nice work. tanks seduction is always fresh. but is it enough ? after a splendid story the final taste is almost bitter. because the final of confrontation is more delicate, the script puts in public imagination the solution. and it is not really fair ! conclusion - too many directions, a not inspired mixture between magic and war facts. but , however, it is not a disappointing experience. only a trip in the corners of a myth shadow.