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There Will Be No Leave Today

Original title: Segodnya uvolneniya ne budet
  • TV Movie
  • 19591959
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.6K
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There Will Be No Leave Today (1959)
  • Drama
  • Thriller
Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells discovered during roadworks under the ground of a small village.Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells discovered during roadworks under the ground of a small village.Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells discovered during roadworks under the ground of a small village.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.6K
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  • Directors
    • Aleksandr Gordon
    • Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Writers
    • Aleksandr Gordon(screenplay)
    • Irina Makhovaya(screenplay)
    • Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Oleg Borisov
    • Aleksey Alekseev
    • Pyotr Lyubeshkin
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  • Directors
    • Aleksandr Gordon
    • Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Writers
    • Aleksandr Gordon(screenplay)
    • Irina Makhovaya(screenplay)
    • Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Oleg Borisov
    • Aleksey Alekseev
    • Pyotr Lyubeshkin
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    • 2User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Oleg Borisov
    Oleg Borisov
    • Captain Galichas Captain Galich
    • (as A. Borisov)
    Aleksey Alekseev
    Aleksey Alekseev
    • Col. Gvelesianias Col. Gvelesiani
    • (as A. Alekseev)
    Pyotr Lyubeshkin
    Pyotr Lyubeshkin
    • Vershininas Vershinin
    • (as P. Lyubeshkin)
    Oleg Mokshantsev
    Oleg Mokshantsev
    • Vishnyakovas Vishnyakov
    • (as O. Mokshantsev)
    Vladimir Marenkov
    Vladimir Marenkov
    • Vasinas Vasin
    • (as V. Marenkov)
    Igor Kosukhin
    Igor Kosukhin
    • Tsignadzeas Tsignadze
    • (as I. Kosukhin)
    Leonid Kuravlyov
    Leonid Kuravlyov
    • Morozovas Morozov
    • (as L. Kuravlev)
    Stanislav Lyubshin
    Stanislav Lyubshin
    • Sadovnikovas Sadovnikov
    • (as S. Lyubshin)
    Aleksei Smirnov
    Aleksei Smirnov
    • Vasili Makarovichas Vasili Makarovich
    • (as A. Smirnov)
    Nina Golovina
    Nina Golovina
    • Wife Galichas Wife Galich
    • (as N. Golovina)
    Aleksey Dobronravov
    Aleksey Dobronravov
    • Doctor Kuzminas Doctor Kuzmin
    • (as A. Dobronravov)
    Aleksandr Gordon
    Aleksandr Gordon
    • Military Engineeras Military Engineer
    • (uncredited)
    Andrei Tarkovsky
    Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Military Engineeras Military Engineer
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Aleksandr Gordon
      • Andrei Tarkovsky
    • Writers
      • Aleksandr Gordon(screenplay)
      • Irina Makhovaya(screenplay)
      • Andrei Tarkovsky(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This film was commissioned by Soviet Television for VGIK students to make a film to be aired on Victory Day, the anniversary of the Capitulation of Nazi Germany in WWII, May 9, 1959. It was aired each year on this day for at least 4 years beginning with the initial 1959 broadcast. The film was made by several students at VGIK, including Andrei Tarkovsky, as well as a few professional actors and local residents of the town of Kursk, and the Soviet Army supplied props and extras. It was filmed in Kursk between October 1958 and January 1959 and edited at VGIK between January and April 1959. The film was lost after it stopped being broadcast in the 1960s, but the camera negatives were discovered in the mid-1990s.
    • Connections
      Remake of Life in Your Hands (1959)

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    7/10
    Surprisingly good!
    I finally got a copy of There Will Be No Leave Today (It has German subtitles, which helped a little since I know some German, but the dialog does not matter that much).

    The film is about solders who have to remove WWII bombs which where found under a public road and drive them outside the town where they will be blown up.

    It surprised me how good it was. There is very little of the Tarkovsky touch here and the camera movements and the editing are quite traditional (but still very well done). It could almost have been made in Hollywood.

    What surprised me the most though was how good Tarkovsky was in directing a thriller. I was biting my nails midway though the film. See it if you possibly can.
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    • Release date
      • May 9, 1959 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Heute gibt es keinen Feierabend!
    • Filming locations
      • Kursk, Russia
    • Production companies
      • Vsesoyuznyj Gosudarstvennyj Institut Kinematografii (VGIK)
      • Central Television USSR
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    • Runtime
      45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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