Raduga

Oct 21 1944 N/A 1h 33m
Drama, War

The German conquerors are above nothing, not even the slaughter of small children, to break the spirit of their Soviet captives. Suffering more than most is Olga (Nataliya Uzhviy), a Soviet partisan who returns to the village to bear her child, only to endure the cruelest of arbitrary tortures at the hands of the Nazis. Eventually, the villagers rise up against their oppressors-but unexpectedly do not wipe them out, electing instead to force the surviving Nazis to stand trial for their atrocities in a postwar "people's court." (It is also implied that those who collaborated with the Germans will be dealt with in the same evenhanded fashion).

Plot

A bitter anti-Nazi film, The Rainbow details of the sufferings of a Ukrainian village during 30 days of occupation.

Written by

Wanda Wasilewska

Directed by

Mark Donskoy

Cast

Natalya Uzhviy, Nina Alisova, Elena Tyapkina

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Languages

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
274
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA