A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken for the time as it addressed issues such as anti-Stalinism, Siberia and the inhumanity of war. Adapting his screenplay from a book by Constantin Simonov, Alexandre Stolper was responsible for writing as well as directing.
Released: Jun 06, 1963
Runtime: 201 minutes
Stars: Kirill Lavrov, Oleg Efremov, Anatoli Papanov, Oleg Tabakov, Lyudmila Krylova, Boris Chirkov
Crew: Aleksandr Stolper (Director), Aleksandr Stolper (Writer), Konstantin Simonov (Novel)