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The Rainbow

Original title: Raduga
  • 19441944
  • 1h 27m
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7.1/10
235
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The Rainbow (1944)
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A bitter anti-Nazi film, The Rainbow details of the sufferings of a Ukrainian village during 30 days of occupation.A bitter anti-Nazi film, The Rainbow details of the sufferings of a Ukrainian village during 30 days of occupation.A bitter anti-Nazi film, The Rainbow details of the sufferings of a Ukrainian village during 30 days of occupation.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
235
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    • Mark Donskoy
    • Wanda Wasilewska(novel "Tecza")
  • Stars
    • Natalya Uzhviy
    • Nina Alisova
    • Elena Tyapkina
    • Mark Donskoy
    • Wanda Wasilewska(novel "Tecza")
  • Stars
    • Natalya Uzhviy
    • Nina Alisova
    • Elena Tyapkina
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    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Nina Alisova, Mark Donskoy, Anton Dunaysky, Elena Tyapkina, and Natalya Uzhviy in The Rainbow (1944)
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    Natalya Uzhviy
    Natalya Uzhviy
    • Olena Kostyuk
    • (as N. Uzhviy)
    Nina Alisova
    Nina Alisova
    • Pusya
    • (as N. Alisova)
    Elena Tyapkina
    Elena Tyapkina
    • Feodosya
    • (as E. Tyapkina)
    Valentina Ivashova
    Valentina Ivashova
    • Olga
    • (as V. Ivasheva)
    Anton Dunaysky
    Anton Dunaysky
    • Grandfather Evdokim Okhabko
    • (as A. Dunayskiy)
    Anna Lisyanskaya
    Anna Lisyanskaya
    • Malyuchikha
    • (as A. Lisyanskaya)
    Hans Klering
    Hans Klering
    • Captain Kurt Werner
    • (as G. Klering)
    Nikolai Bratersky
    Nikolai Bratersky
    • Gaplik
    • (as N. Braterskiy)
    Vladimir Chobur
    • Lt. Kravchenko
    • (as V. Chobur)
    Viktor Vinogradov
    • Mishka, Malyuchikha's child
    • (as Vitya Vinogradov)
    Alik Letichevsky
    • Sashka, Malyuchika's child
    Emma Malaya
    • Malyuchikha's child
    • (as Emma Perelshteyn)
    Vladimir Ponomaryov
    • Malyuchikha's child
    • (as Vova Ponomaryov)
    Dmitriy Kapka
    Dmitriy Kapka
    • German soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Yelizaveta Khutornaya
    • Grokhachikha
    • (uncredited)
      • Mark Donskoy
      • Wanda Wasilewska(novel "Tecza") (screenplay)
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    • Quotes

      Captain Kurt Werner: [aiming pistol at a baby] Well, show who you are: Bolshevist bitch or mather?

      Olena Kostyuk: I am the mother.

      Captain Kurt Werner: Well then, you'll tell where they

      [partisans]

      Captain Kurt Werner: are.

      Olena Kostyuk: I will tell nothing.

      Captain Kurt Werner: Do you have only one child?

      Olena Kostyuk: No.

      Captain Kurt Werner: How? Do you have another kids? Sons or daughters?

      Olena Kostyuk: Sons. They all are sons. There, in the forest... And beyond the forest... Sons.

      [Kurt shoots]

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    8/10
    Rainbow of hope.
    This was made in the Ukraine during the winter of 1943 and thus has a power and immediacy which it is impossible to replicate. The scenes depicting the fate of the peasant woman Olena, superbly played by Natalya Yzhviy, at the hands of the Germans, are truly visceral and linger long in the memory. The title refers to the rainbow which represents a symbol of hope for the oppressed villagers. Screenplay by Wanda Wasilewka from her novel and directed by Mark Donskoy this film is immensely moving and serves as a devastating historical document.

    28/02/2022: Ironic indeed that Ukraine's former conqueror is now sending arms to aid the beleaguered citizens of that state.
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    • brogmiller
    • Oct 24, 2019

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    • Release date
      • October 21, 1944 (United States)
      • Soviet Union
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Ashkhabad, Aşgabat, Turkmenistan
    • Production company
      • Kievskaya Kinostudiya (Kiev Film Studio)
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    • 1 hour 27 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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