Povest plamennykh let

Feb 23 1961 N/A 1h 31m

Drama, War

Once again, director Yulia Solnsteva directs a movie that her late husband Alexandre Dovchenko scripted but did not live long enough to shoot. In this wartime drama, the emphasis is on the heroics of both the civilians and the soldiers during times of severe stress in World War II. At the core of the action is one man in particular, whose sacrifices and heroics speak for a much larger group.

Plot

In early Summer 1941, German troops penetrate into Russia, wreaking human and material destruction. Ivan Orlyukov, a young Russian, takes up arms and rises up against the invader. He is not alone : a whole people struggles with him and manages, through their own self-sacrifice, to expel the Nazis from the motherland. Altogether, they fight fiercely till the full annihilation of the enemy.

Written by

Sergey Bondarchuk, Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Directed by

Yuliya Solntseva

Cast

Boris Andreyev, Sergei Lukyanov, Vasiliy Merkurev

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Languages

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination

Scores

# of Votes

164

Average Rating

6.8 out of 10

Metascore

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