T-34 (2018)

In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.

Director:

Aleksey Sidorov

Writer:

Aleksey Sidorov

Stars:

Alexander Petrov, Vinzenz Kiefer, Viktor Dobronravov

Cast

Credited cast:
Alexander Petrov	...	Nikolay Ivushkin
Vinzenz Kiefer	...	Klaus Jäger
Viktor Dobronravov	...	Stepan Vasilyonok
Irina Starshenbaum	...	Anya Yartseva
Semyon Treskunov	...	Vasiliy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Guram Bablishvili
Anton Bogdanov	...	Demyan Volchok
Yuriy Borisov
Artyom Bystrov
Wolfgang Cerny	...	Hein
Mike Davies	...	Guderian
Mikael Dzhanibekyan
Joshua Grothe	...	Thielicke
Igor Khripunov
Kirill Lopatkin	...	German Soldier

Storyline

The Great Patriotic War is going on. Junior Lieutenant Nikolay Ivushkin in a small truck, along with the driver Vasya, barely survived, break away from the German tank. Ivushkin arrives at the headquarters located in the village of Nefyodovka, where he is appointed commander of the only surviving tank. Soon the tanks of the German Hauptmann Klaus Jäger arrive at the site. In battle, Ivushkin destroys the entire tank company of Yager (in a number of cases, with one projectile, two tanks at a time). However, the T-34 has serious damage, and Klaus destroys it. Ivushkin and mechanic-driver Stepan Vasilyonok were wounded and captured.

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Taglines:

Every war has a legend

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Genres:

Action | War

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Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

27 December 2018 (Russia)

Also Known As:

T-34

Filming Locations:

Czech Republic

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mars Media Entertainment, Amedia, Burnish Creative

Technical Specs

Runtime:

139 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although there's no documentary confirmation of a Soviet tank's escape from German concentration camp, there was confirmed successful escape of Soviet imprisoned pilots leading by Michael Devyataev on German bomber in February 1945. The fact is well-known in SU/Russia and have been filmed as well.

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Connections

Remake of Zhavoronok (1965)

User Reviews

Very far from war reality, but entertaining.

This movie definitely does not aim at depicting anything technically or historically genuine about WWII. It rather shows a legend, like those of the old good russian "bogatyri", with all the good sentiments that are still very popular in Russia about the "Great Patriotic War" and the comforts of a contemporary action movie. That said, I found the film fresh and highly enjoyable. Maybe I'm a little biased, due to my personal interest in Russian language and popular culture, but I'd say that it compares well with the best occidental production of the same genre.