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Twenty Days Without War

Original title: Dvadtsat dney bez voyny
  • 19771977
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
1.4K
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Twenty Days Without War (1977)
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • War
During the 20-day leave, war correspondent Lopatin travels by train to the distant city of Tashkent. It's very far from the front but the war seems to be present in people's minds even there... Read allDuring the 20-day leave, war correspondent Lopatin travels by train to the distant city of Tashkent. It's very far from the front but the war seems to be present in people's minds even there.During the 20-day leave, war correspondent Lopatin travels by train to the distant city of Tashkent. It's very far from the front but the war seems to be present in people's minds even there.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
1.4K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Aleksey German
  • Writer
    • Konstantin Simonov(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Yuriy Nikulin
    • Lyudmila Gurchenko
    • Aleksey Petrenko
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  • Director
    • Aleksey German
  • Writer
    • Konstantin Simonov(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Yuriy Nikulin
    • Lyudmila Gurchenko
    • Aleksey Petrenko
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    • 2User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Twenty Days Without War (1977)
    Twenty Days Without War (1977)
    Yuriy Nikulin in Twenty Days Without War (1977)
    Yuriy Nikulin in Twenty Days Without War (1977)
    Yuriy Nikulin and Aleksey Petrenko in Twenty Days Without War (1977)
    Liya Akhedzhakova and Lyudmila Gurchenko in Twenty Days Without War (1977)
    Yuriy Nikulin in Twenty Days Without War (1977)
    Lyudmila Gurchenko in Twenty Days Without War (1977)
    Lyudmila Gurchenko and Yuriy Nikulin in Twenty Days Without War (1977)
    Lyudmila Gurchenko and Yuriy Nikulin in Twenty Days Without War (1977)
    Lyudmila Gurchenko and Yuriy Nikulin in Twenty Days Without War (1977)
    Aleksey German and Yuriy Nikulin in Twenty Days Without War (1977)

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    Yuriy Nikulin
    Yuriy Nikulin
    • Major Lopatinas Major Lopatin
    Lyudmila Gurchenko
    Lyudmila Gurchenko
    • Ninaas Nina
    Aleksey Petrenko
    Aleksey Petrenko
    • Pilotas Pilot
    Angelina Stepanova
    Angelina Stepanova
    • Theatre Artistic Directoras Theatre Artistic Director
    • (as A. Stepanova)
    Yekaterina Vasilyeva
    Yekaterina Vasilyeva
    • Roubtsovaas Roubtsova
    Nikolay Grinko
    Nikolay Grinko
    Lyusena Ovchinnikova
    Lyusena Ovchinnikova
    Mikhail Kononov
    Mikhail Kononov
    • Roubtsovas Roubtsov
    Liya Akhedzhakova
    Liya Akhedzhakova
    Rashid Sadykov
    • Central Committee Secretaryas Central Committee Secretary
    • (as R. Sadykov)
    Konstantin Simonov
    • Narratoras Narrator
    • (voice)
    Nikolay Mikheev
    Nikolay Mikheev
    • Lieutenant colonelas Lieutenant colonel
    Vladimir Mishanin
    • Provodnikas Provodnik
    • Director
      • Aleksey German
    • Writer
      • Konstantin Simonov(screenplay) (story)
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      The pilot's monologue was conceived and filmed as one continuous shot. Yet the director had to make one cut in the place where Aleksey Petrenko uncontrollably used foul language.
    • Connections
      Featured in Mira. The Daughter of Commander Uborevich (2013)

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    9/10
    one of the quietest anti-war films ever made
    A veteran Soviet Army major, on a three-week furlough from the 1943 winter offensive, discovers how even the false peace of a remote civilian village can be disturbed by the silent echoes of distant battle. His home in Tashkent is a long way from the smoke and gunfire of the Western Front, but during his leave Major Lopatin sees another, no less emotional war being waged there. He finds it in the bereaved cries of a new widow and in the lies he tells another, urging her to wait for a message that will never arrive; he encounters it in the comically inaccurate film being staged from his published memoirs of the Stalingrad siege; and he tries to escape it for a few, all too brief moments with an attractive seamstress and single mother, abandoned by her wayward husband. Displaying remarkable empathy for his characters and setting, director Alexei Gherman has made a quietly stunning film about an uncommon aspect of modern warfare, intimate in mood and detail despite the expansive clarity of its wide-screen black and white imagery.
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    • Jan 11, 2011

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    • Release date
      • April 25, 1977 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Savaşsız Yirmi Gün
    • Filming locations
      • Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    • Production company
      • Lenfilm Studio
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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