Na voyne, kak na voyne

Feb 23 1969 N/A 1h 30m
War

The film tells about the fighting everyday life of the crew of self-propelled guns during the liberation of Right-Bank Ukraine. Junior Lieutenant Maleshkin, an unshooted graduate of the school, commands the crew of the self-propelled gun SU-100. All the subordinates of Maleshkin are older than him and much more experienced. The authority of the young commander is tested at every step, he quarrels, then reconciles with his crew. In addition, Maleshkin is very dissatisfied with the battery commander, he now and then threatens to remove the sluggish young officer from the command. In the crew of Maleshkin, various troubles constantly occur: either the driver will catch the commandant’s eyes in an untidy, grimy look, then a combat grenade with a dropped check will be discovered in the car, or a breakdown will occur just at the moment the regiment enters the march. Ending in a sprawling battle against German forces.

Plot

To the young lieutenant Maleshkin the war is a minor obstacle, if compared to his personal battle to command his subordinates, while conducting an armored vehicle at the same time he's trying to impress his superior Soviet officers who put him under extreme pressures, one after the other, fighting the German forces occupying Ukraine during World War II. Here's the story of an impressionable man who learns in the hard way that being a leader is more than just using of his commanding voice to get what he wants.

Written by

Viktor Kurochkin, Viktor Tregubovich

Directed by

Viktor Tregubovich

Cast

Mikhail Kononov, Oleg Borisov, Viktor Pavlov

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Lenfilm

Languages

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
695
Average Rating
7.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA